Sunday, December 13, 2009

Wisdom (1986)

Directed by Emilio Estevez
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Emilio Estevez can't get a job because of a prior felony. He decides to become a modern Robin Hood by holding up banks...not for the money but to burn mortgages. Girlfriend Demi tags along for the ride. They go cross country on their quest to save America's farmers from the evil banking system. Eventually the violence, and the FBI, catch up with them. Don't worry, it's all just a dream Emilio had in the bathtub one morning. Outrageously ridiculous plot is hard to take seriously. A much better rendering of a similar story was done in 1973's Badlands, with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek in Emilio and Demi's roles.

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