Wild Wild West (UK)

This picture got a critical mauling in the States that it never recovered from. It`s just too politically incorrect for the stomachs of those guardians of public aesthetics. The script is littered with racist and disablist(?) slurs and jokes. They`re there for a reason - you have to dislike Kenneth Branagh`s wheelchair-bound villain Dr Loveless and see that Will Smith`s hero Jim West gives as good as he gets. Unfortunately, the gags only have the effect of making you cringe.

Dr Loveless is aided and abetted by a trio of gorgeous ladies who are woefully under-used to devote more screen time to Kevin Kline`s hammy performance as Artemus Gordon, master of disguise.

The one breath of fresh ass (see the movie to get that) is Salma Hayek as the damsel in distress. Like the Loveless Ladies, she too is underused and sidelined.

Compared with Director Barry Levinson and Will Smith`s last collaboration, Men In Black, this picture is a disaster.

However (you knew there had to be one) WWW - at the time it was released - could claim to be one of the trend-setters in DVD extras. It compared favourably to The Mummy for the quality and numbers of extras - Making of video, music videos, short interviews, stills gallery and DVDRom content to name a few.

If you want a really dodgy movie to watch over a curry with your mates, try and pick this up discounted somewhere. It`s not worth the list price otherwise.