When a body is found and the killer is identified as General 'Bloodbath' McGrath, Capt. James West is sent to find him. Thanks to U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon, who was also on the case, McGrath manages to escape. Discovering that the legless Dr. Arliss Loveless is the real villain behind everything, West and Gordon must work together to track Loveless down. One day in the wild, wild west, a famous scientist is found dead. Or better: Decapitated by a devilish device, as it seems. Special Agent Artemus Gordon, quite inventive himself, finds out about the man's last sight and is forced to team up with James West, a man who relys on nothing but his gun. They first suspect General "Bloodbath" McGrath to be responsible for the killing, but as he's not bright enough to invent the flying decapitation device himself, a more evil mastermind behind the scenery is soon proven to exist. Dr. Arliss Loveless, who, by the way, has kidnapped the nation's best scientists, seems to plan on taking a major part of the country as his personal property. But Dr. Loveless did not spend enough thoughts about possible intervention from two men, who may get a little distracted by the sudden appearance of beautiful Rita Escobar, daughter to one of the abducted scientists. Ignore anyone who tells you to not watch this movie. Seriously - ignore them - you want to watch the first three minutes - the 'jacuzzi scene'. Then you want to turn off the TV, throw the video in the bin, tear the cinema screen from the wall, kick in the speaker cones, scream, shout, attack the cinema usher. Anything but watch the rest of this god-awful movie.<br/><br/>You will see over an hour and a half of stupid looking trains with copper cauldrons fixed to every wall, complete with buttons, levers and nobs which have no place on my screen. You will tire of them quickly and if you have any sense, you will do as I did, and make this THE FIRST AND ONLY MOVIE YOU EVER TURNED OFF ON PURPOSE BECAUSE IT SUCKS. When a body is found and the killer is identified as General 'Bloodbath' McGrath, Capt. James West is sent to find him. <br/><br/>Thanks to U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon, who was also on the case, McGrath manages to escape. <br/><br/>Discovering that Dr. Arliss Loveless is the real villain behind everything, West and Gordon must work together to track Loveless down…..<br/><br/>When the studio made this, they must have thought that the film was a license to print money. After all Sonnenfeld was on a winner after MIB, and Will Smith could do no wrong. This was made at a time when his name alone was big enough to sell tickets.<br/><br/>But even though the film is an unmitigated disaster, it's one of those films like Batman & Robin, The Avengers, and Battlefield Earth that demand repeat viewings because just of how audacious the film was in thinking that it had a chance to be one of the biggest films ever.<br/><br/>But it's watchable for all the wrong reasons. Would Smith really sign on to a film like this now, because he's basically hurled racial abuse by all and sundry in this film, and at times instead of being 'utterly hilarious', it's downright embarrassing.<br/><br/>For instance, the scene where West and Loveless first meet is so full of discriminating put downs, it's surprising that it hasn't been edited for obscene content.<br/><br/>Kline is pretty okay as Gordon, but he's a seasoned actor, and he has a look on his face that says 'this will get me back into the big league'. Kevin, you are so much better than this.<br/><br/>Hayek is eye candy, and in the film for nothing more than to have the two main characters have something to altercate about.<br/><br/>Branagh takes his role for what it is, a pantomime villain, and appears to be having a whale of a time. <br/><br/>But the film is incoherent, very confusing at times, and it just appears that the makers just want as many visually stunning set pieces they can in its duration and hope that will cover the ridiculous narrative.<br/><br/>And speaking of narrative, there is no explanation as to the fascination of Spiders, but if you read the history of the films production, you'll find out it was just because Barbara Streisand's Ex had a fascination with them.<br/><br/>If only he had a fascination with making a decent film… The script by S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock (Ghost Dad) is so jumbled and the direction so chaotic that it's often hard to tell what's going on – where, when, and why.
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