I prefer this over the Men in Black sequels
At least this didn't seem like a total cashin. In making The Addams Family (1991), a well regarded version of the 1960s TV show, Barry Sonnenfeld attached himself to a gothic, Heath Robinson, extravaganza version of an American 1960s TV show. In Wild Wild West, he did exactly the same. The difference is that, internationally , Wild Wild West's TV series was not anywhere as near a household name. Dr Loveless is so over the top that at least one of the agents needed to be energetic and positive. Instead, very incongruously, Smith is playing a part that is presumably supposed to be as dry as James Bond's martini. But so does Klein thus making Loveless seem like overkill. Selma Hayek is too cold a fish to be worth their time. Plus the sets (including the train) are very nice but not really used in interesting ways until too late in the film. But the film's been profitable, hasn't it? And is way more stylish than many films.