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"Wild Wild West'' is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content

WILD WILD WEST

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Will Smith and Kevin Kline co-star as special federal agents tasked by President U.S. Grant with investigating the disappearances of numerous top scientists.

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They come across a plot to assassinate Grant by a megalomaniac who wants to return half of the country to Britain and Spain while keeping the other half in the hands of the villain.

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Salma Hayek, whose father is one of the kidnapped geniuses, joins forces with them.

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Smith and Kline have so little chemistry that they appear to be performing in front of mirror images of each other.

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They go through the motions, but no eye contact is made. Imagine Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr playing in a celebrity golf tournament together.

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The Kline character is said to be a master of disguise, and she first appears in drag as a dance hall girl, wearing a false plastic bosom that is so convincing that when a real siren appears later in the film, her decolletage appears unconvincing in comparison.

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He rigs a rail car so that it can shoot people into the air, have them fall through openings that appear in the roof, and land in a chair.

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There are moments when all artifice fails, and you realize you are regarding desperate actors, trapped on the screen, fully aware they've been left hanging out to dry.

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Wild wild west (1999) is directed by Barry sonnenfeld, story written by Jim Thomas,John Thomas and Produced by Jon Peters, Barry Sonnenfeld

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Wild wild west (1999) is directed by Barry sonnenfeld, story written by Jim Thomas,John Thomas and Produced by Jon Peters, Barry Sonnenfeld

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