Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Wild Wild West directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black Get Shorty) was one of the box-office smashes of the summer of 1999 but was raked by critics & embraced by audiences Based on the 1960s TV adventure show that starred Robert Conrad this film re-imagined Secret Service agent James West as Will Smith adding Oscar-winner Kevin Kline as his sidekick agent-inventor Artemus Gordon President Ulysses S Grant puts West & Gordon on the trail of malign genius (and former Confederate soldier) Dr Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) in a story about racism partnership & world domination The special effects are lavish even garish but not all that special; they&re not enough to elevate a mundane & familiar plot Even Branagh playing a man who only exists from the waist up--literally--can&t find the juice in this lumbering affair Still the fast-talking team of Smith & Kline is a nimble one Smith&s affable charm & Kline&s subversive wit win many points though not nearly enough