Wild Wild West

If this hokey plot weren8217;t funny in itself then we have Salma Hayek playing the daughter of one of the kidnapped scientists. Ms Hayek8217;s talents of course don8217;t lie in the acting department. Will Smith looks like a rap artist who8217;s strayed into the westand is fairly entertaining. Kline is passable.

But what a fall it8217;s been for Shakespearean actor-director Branagh. Though this actor who8217;s as Brit as Bond, pulls off a delightful Southern drawl, he8217;s reduced to a pathetic ranting caricature as most Bond villains usually are. With the harem of tough Amazonian women as sidekicks.

WWW is another of those special effects rollercoasters with minimal plot and character development. Though it starts off well, it degenerates midway. It8217;s pretentious and lacks the deprecatory humour of Sonnenfeld8217;s earlier Men in Black, which is why it fails to impress. Watch it only for its sheer escapist value.