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17 April 1987 (USA)
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A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers. | add synopsis
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Definitely a film in the "guilty pleasure" category
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Knepper | ... | Wild Thing / de: Asphalt Kid (as Rob Knepper) |
 | Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Jane |
 | Robert Davi | ... | Chopper |
 | Maury Chaykin | ... | Jonathan Trask |
 | Betty Buckley | ... | Leah |
| Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge | ... | Wild Thing (10 years) |
| Robert Bednarski | ... | Wild Thing (3 Years) |
| Clark Johnson | ... | Winston |
| Sean Hewitt | ... | Father Quinn |
| Theo Caesar | ... | Rasheed (as Teddy Abner) |
| Cree Summer | ... | Lisa (as Cree Summer Francks) |
 | Shawn Levy | ... | Paul |
| Ron Torchia | ... | Hud |
| Christine Jones | ... | Laurie |
| Robert Austern | ... | Wiz |
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Brazil:92 min | USA:92 min
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Hey, John Sayles wrote the screenplay -- that alone is a good reason to check out this little-remembered film. While other 80's films such as the Marc Singer classic "Beastmaster" and Christopher Lambert's "Greystoke" fit nicely into the hunky men in loincloths oeuvre, this one had a nice twist in that it gave the Tarzan legend a modern spin, and in addition threw in a sort of Robin Hood/Batman urban legend quality. All in all, an extremely interesting venture.