Film

Wild Wild West 1999

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

  • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
  • 106 min
  • PG-13

It's a whole new west.

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.

ActionAdventureComedyScience FictionWesterninventorremakesteampunkcowboyimpersonationsteam locomotivegunfighterdragworld dominationdamsel in distressassassination of presidentaction hero

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