Wild Life (1984)

Wild Life: Directed by Art Linson. With Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Eric Stoltz, Jenny Wright. A high-school wrestler parties with his buddy at a swinging-singles apartment complex.

“Bill Conrad (Eric Stoltz) is graduating from high school and is desperate to be a grown up as he moves into an apartment. He broke up with his donut shop girlfriend Anita (Lea Thompson) who has since moved on having a fling with a married cop. He works with friend Tom Drake (Chris Penn) at the bowling alley. Tom is a hard-partying wrestler. Tomu0026#39;s girlfriend Eileen (Jenny Wright) is best friends with Anita. Billu0026#39;s brother Jim Conrad (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) is obsessed with the Vietnam war and likes blowing stuff up. Wildness ensues culminating in a crazy party at Billu0026#39;s new apartment.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter the success of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Cameron Crowe writes a sequel of sorts. Heu0026#39;s better off making a straight sequel with the same characters. Instead, this one can only be Faster as the promotions claim. Itu0026#39;s not really but more importantly, itu0026#39;s less compelling. This is more like a series of very memorable sequences. Like its predecessor, there are some crazy fun scenes that can be cut into a great trailer. The story isnu0026#39;t quite there and the characters need to be better. Itu0026#39;s just that Cameron had already done this and needed to move on.”