Wisdom is a 1986 American romantic crime film written and directed by its star Emilio Estevez in his filmmaking debut.

The film also stars Demi Moore, along with Tom Skerritt and Veronica Cartwright as Estevez's parents.

The ending credits song is "Home Again" by Oingo Boingo and the score by Danny Elfman.

The film is dedicated to the memory of Henry Proach, who was a good friend of Estevez, and who appears briefly in the picture.

With a grand theft auto conviction he is branded a felon and as a result can not hold down a decent job.

Seeing no future for himself, Wisdom takes a left turn: he decides to become a criminal "for the people", evocative of Robin Hood.

After seeing news reports about impoverished farmers and working class people being sent to the bank to pay ownership debts, Wisdom goes on a bank robbing spree with his girlfriend, Karen Simmons.

They do not steal money, but rather erase loan and mortgage records, buying time for the poor to pay their debts.

The agents shoot up the motel at which the couple had been staying, only to find that Wisdom and Karen have already gone.

A panicky Karen eventually kills a local sheriff who recognises her in a convenience store.

Wisdom resumes his flight on foot on the school grounds, first unloading his gun before he is surrounded by police and federal agents at the football field.

Those discoveries leave Wisdom not only wanted dead or alive in five states, but also a modern-day folk hero.

"[3] In October 1985 David Begelman's Gladden Entertainment announced that it had signed a deal with the 23 year old Estevez to write, produce and direct Wisdom.

[6] Begelman had been in charge of Columbia, and MGM, during which time he gave Walter Hill, Barry Levinson and Richard Benjamin their first directing jobs.

[7] Comparisons were made with Orson Welles who was 24 when he wrote, produced and directed Citizen Kane.

Estevez said "if they promote Wisdom as this most phenomenal thing that hasn't happened since Orson Welles, I'm going to get hit.

"[9] The Gladden Entertainment Company suggested Robert Wise be hired to work as "executive director" (mentor) and Estevez agreed.

"[12] The film received negative reviews from critics: Leonard Maltin considered it "wretchedly scripted, with one of the most self-defeating wrap-ups you'll ever see.

"[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.