Customer Reviews
AN INSULT AND A TRAVESTY! - By: Mr. J. L. Jumpp, 22 Jul 2007 
When I was a kid I loved the original tv series. It used to be shown very late at night on what was then I.T.V. However, this awful travesty of a film is an insult to me & the thousands of other fans across the globe of the original tv show. It completely lacks the charm, humor & heart of the old show, that if you know anything about it, was created every week by writers, cast & crew that truly loved what they were doing. If you want to know the true & horrifying origin of this celluloid debacle check out the dvd of AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH VOLUME 1. Your jaw will drop!
Wild Wild Wayward - By: Jay, 20 May 2007 
If you expect "Wild, Wild West" to be a remake of the 60s TV show, you'll be disappointed. If you expected to see some great special effects, you'll probably be disappointed there as well. If you expect a great storyline, well, you'll probably be disappointed.
However, if you can let go of alll your preconceptions & just go along for a silly little romp, then I've seen many movies much worse than this one! The movie has definitely been made with tongue firmly planted in cheek, & if you can accept that, then you won't walk out thinking you've wasted your time in watching.
Will Smith & Kevin Kline obviously were having fun with this comedy, & the writers were over-the-top in taking the characters from the TV Show & moving them to the extremes. Easiest to see in this vein are their "aversions" to each others ideas. The Jim West (Smith) character in the TV show always used the little tools & tricks that Artemis Gordon (Kline) designed. Likewise, Gordon wasn't afraid to use a gun in the series. By making them caricatures of caricatures, the story line becomes just plain silly.
Wild Wild West - By: Rich Milligan, 04 Feb 2005 
Look, let's get one thing straight, this film was never meant to be a serious attempt at an accurate historical piece or even a believable, credible thriller. It's a pantomime on film with wonderful costumes, fantastic sets, a baddie you can hiss & boo & goodies you can cheer on to their final victory.
I was quite surprised to see the "12" rating of the film as I watched it with my children (11 & 9) & felt there was no excessive violence or extreme foul language. Indeed the fight scenes are so staged & comical the opposite is true.
OK, Will Smith is never going to be cast in Shakespeare, but he does pull of a mean cool hero, Kevin Klein is good but never reaches his true comic potential in his role, but stealing the show has to be a brilliant Kenneth Branagh hamming it up to the ultimate. The comedy isn't side splitting, but it is jolly & is never far away & there are some pretty snappy one-liners.
A mention has to be made about the sets & props also, futuristic yet antique they are incredibly fantastic & suit the mood of the film perfectly. It's like the industrial revolution gone mad & a wonderland for the lovers of gadgets.
As I say, even if you hated the film for its dubious storyline, it did feature a bevy of beautiful women in tight corsets, which can't be a bad thing can it?
It's a hole new west! - By: , 06 Jul 2003 
The wild wild west is the best! This film is an action packed film with comdy, romance, guns & best of alll that funny touch that will smith gives to the film. With the film having an 80foot spider in it you may think this film is going to be crap at first, but after you see it that spider makes this film be callled THE WILD WILD WEST!
oh my - By: , 03 Apr 2001 How could any sane person rate this over 1 star, unless you where completely obsesed with will smith. This has to be the worst film ive ever seen. I saw this in a bar in rhodes with my sister after 10 minutes we where wandering if there was any point watching it, but we gave it a chance. How wrong could we be it just got worse. I was almost embarssed for the actors playing this rubbish. the only reason anyone should buy this is if the collected bad films. Take my advise do not put yourself through this kind of torcher.
