The quintessential cotton candy movie: It's pleasant, brightly colored and the minute it's done it's as though it were never there. Inspired by the '60s TV show starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, a James Bond-ish Western
with a kinky edge, this period sci-fi action comedy disguises its fundamental blandness under layers of juvenile vulgarity, furious action and whiz-bang gadgetry. The plot, as far as it goes, pits West and the eccentric Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline) against mad genius Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth
Branagh). A Southern aristocrat maimed in the Civil War — he's literally half the man he used to be — Loveless, surrounded by kidnapped scie...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
105 mins