Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Will Smith | ... | James West | |
Kevin Kline | ... | Artemus Gordon / President Grant | |
Kenneth Branagh | ... | Dr. Arliss Loveless | |
Salma Hayek | ... | Rita Escobar | |
M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Coleman | |
Ted Levine | ... | General McGrath | |
Frederique Van Der Wal | ... | Amazonia (as Frederique van der Wal) | |
Musetta Vander | ... | Munitia | |
Sofia Eng | ... | Miss Lippenrieder | |
Bai Ling | ... | Miss East | |
Garcelle Beauvais | ... | Girl In Water Tower | |
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Mike H. McGaughy | ... | Big Reb (as Mike McGaughy) |
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Jerry Wills | ... | Other Reb |
Rodney A. Grant | ... | Hudson | |
Buck Taylor | ... | Eye-Crossed Reb |
Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. When the United States is threatened by psychotic Confederate Arliss Loveless, President Ulysses S Grant teams the duo up to bring him to justice. On a hazard-packed train journey from Washington, D.C. to Utah, West and Gordon must combine their skills to best Loveless and his diabolical machines. Written by Chris Turner <theaten@earthlink.net> and J. Kyle
Wow, there are a lot of bad votes for this movie here. I thought it was great. It's a Will Smith / Barry Sonnenfeld movie. You can't take it seriously. The humor is perfectly subtle and dry at times, and over the top at others. The storyline is only there to give opportunities for the jokes.
If you want a serious western, try The Magnificent Seven (or the original, 7 Samurai), Hombre, or some other classic. If you want a light-hearted evening, rent this. Probably don't buy it, but rent it.
For some reason it says that my review has to be more than 10 lines, so I'm throwing this in to make it work. Really a review for a movie like this doesn't need to be this long, but I guess I'll just comply.