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.
Wild Thing has generally received mixed reviews.
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Wild Thing was released in 1987 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 11 reviews, giving Wild Thing (1987) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 64%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Wild Thing than critics were.
With a score of 55%, Wild Thing is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1987, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1987 with similar scores include films like Mannequin, Over the Top and Amazon Women on the Moon.
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