Wild Thing is a 1987 American-Canadian film directed by Max Reid and starring Robert Knepper and Kathleen Quinlan.

He soon becomes an urban legend and champion of street justice, espousing a 1960s philosophy and coming to the aid of the helpless and oppressed.

Armed with a bow and arrow and makeshift equipment such as a grappling hook made from an old umbrella, he and his cat sidekick set out to avenge his parents death when he finds the drug dealer that killed them.

Story of an urban Tarzan is by turns sanctimonious and silly with detours for street philosophizing, ’60s idealism, gang uprisings and exhortations for non-violence from the neighborhood priest.

"[4] The Los Angeles Times called it "an amiable and inventive urban fairytale" and "refreshingly smart.