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Director:
Writers (WGA):
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Release Date:
30 June 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's a whole new west. July '99. more
Plot:
The two best hired guns in the West must save President Grant from the clutches of a 19th century inventor-villain. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
10 wins & 11 nominations more
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With little excitement and pretty much no real humour, this movie is a definite failure more (610 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for action violence, sex references and innuendo.
Runtime:
106 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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The only building which was not destroyed in Silverado is the "Lucky Hotel." more
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Revealing mistakes: When Grant is driving the stake in at the railroad ceremony, the brand new railroad has very old, weathered sleepers (the wooden part between the rails). more
Quotes:
[Gordon zaps McGrath with his hypno-belt]
McGrath: What's this?
Artemus Gordon: Why, it's a deep, deep pool. Maybe it's your old swimming hole, General. Are you feeling sleepy?
McGrath: Yes, I'm sleepy.
Artemus Gordon: Good. Now you're going to be my little doggy, and when I say "speak" you're going to tell me everything I want to know. Understand?
McGrath: Woof!
Artemus Gordon: Good boy. Now, which scientist is that in the next room? Is it Dr. Escobar? Speak!
McGrath: [panting] Woof! Woof!
Artemus Gordon: You can speak words, you stupid mutt.
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Referenced in Yi yi (2000) more
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With little excitement and pretty much no real humour, this movie is a definite failure, 24 November 2007
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Author: Electrified_Voltage from Guelph, Ontario, Canada

I saw the music video for Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" probably back when it was a current song, but for years, I knew very little about the movie. In fact, I just watched it for the first time eight years after its release. Since the IMDb rating is 4.1/10, it's obvious that this 1999 blockbuster isn't very popular, and after watching it myself, while it clearly wasn't as bad an experience for me as it was for certain other nay-sayers, I am not left wondering why.

A former Civil War hero named Capt. Jim West meets a U.S. Marshal named Artemus Gordon while attempting to kill General "Bloodbath" McGrath. At the White House, the two meet President Ulysses S. Grant, who sends them both on a mission together to stop Dr. Arliss Loveless, an evil inventor who is a threat to the United States of America, and has recently abducted many great scientists! Unfortunately for West and Gordon, this mission will be made more difficult by a number of things, including some of Loveless' clever, life-threatening inventions!

If you ask me, "Wild Wild West" does have some reasonable action sequences, and I definitely did occasionally find myself in mild suspense, but overall, it fails as an action movie, as most of it doesn't work, and is just plain boring. This 1999 blockbuster also fails miserably as a comedy, with one lame or mediocre gag after another. I did smile a bit, but don't recall ever actually laughing at any point. One gag I can remember off the top of my head is the "She's a breath of fresh a#%."/"She's a breast of fresh air" one, which definitely counts as a lame gag. Loveless' inventions add a sci-fi touch to this primarily western movie, which gets a tad awkward. Towards the end of the film, it gets even more tiring than before.

I have never seen any episodes of "The Wild Wild West", the 1960's TV series which this movie is based on, but it seems to be very popular with those who have seen it, unlike this 1999 flop. Without a doubt, this film was a letdown after the successful "Men in Black", a film which, just like this one, was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and features Will Smith in a starring role. Since this movie flopped and the original TV series obviously didn't if it had a movie based on it made thirty years later, I think it's fair to say that whether you've ever seen episodes of the show or not, and whether you like the show or not if you have seen it, it's probably best to skip this movie.

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