Should you watch Wild Wild West?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Wild Wild West
Film · 1999
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
The sides of Wild Wild West
- A gunfighter and an inventor in the 1870s
- A plot to kill President Grant
- A giant mechanical spider
Wild Wild West is good for you if…
- you like Will Smith and Kevin Kline bickering as a mismatched duo.
- you like steampunk gadgets and a giant steel spider.
- you like gunfights and train stunts in the Old West.
Wild Wild West is bad for you if…
- you can't stand the absurd, like Kenneth Branagh's legless villain in a steam-powered wheelchair.
- you need inventions that could really work.
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