Kid Colter

Dissecting this movie on a technical level is not entirely fair. The acting was on par for a 'B' movie, which is to say that it was not memorable and adequately served its purpose. There are no stars and the script was quite similar to a short story that I wrote at the age of seven. However...

I saw it a few times as a young lad. I highly recommend it for any young man. It sparks the imagination and piques the curiosity for any young kid wondering what it might be like to be alone in a threatening world with self-reliance an only option for survival. Having said that, the movie is nothing to write home about, but I'm better for having seen it in my youth.

(show this to kids who might be contemplating running away from home)

I haven't seen this movie in quite a long time.Its hard to find online.Our old recording from the 80's has lost its sound and picture quality.I remember it as a great adventure seeing a kid our own ages running from captures and outwitting hillbilly's.Pretty much surviving on his own wits.Worth seeing if you can find it.Pretty low budget but its the 80's norm.This is the kind of movie that reminds me of back in the day (I was born in '77)When we use to watch movies like Goonies,The adventurers,Bmx Bandits.All while waiting for Punky Brewster or Silver Spoons to come on.Now get on your G.T. Performer and ride down to the sunshine gas station for 25 cent fountain drinks and 5 cent popcorn.

This movie is awesome! the acting is terrible but the movie never seems to get boring! great movie quotes and the music is hilarious! if u want a movie just for laughs or fun get this the scenery is also beautiful! i think its filmed in oregon, jim stafford appears in this movie and sings a retarted song! overall this movie is great and for you wilderness movie lovers this is one of them. if its my opinion or not this movie is at least a rent or borrow. when i first got this movie for 5 dollars i was like, this movie is going to stink. but as i said it turned out to be awesome! two thumbs up for plot and directing two thumbs down for acting. but hey you might like it!!

I saw this movie when I was around the same age as the title character. Actually I was a bit younger. I have to say that for a 10 year old kid watching this movie I was amazed! I love this movie, well, maybe i loved this movie, I haven't seen it in over 13 years. I'd love to see it again, but the chances that it's on Video or DVD are pretty nonexistent. I remember it was on Cinemax in the eighties, because I taped it on VHS back then.

Let me preface my statement, by saying, that the only reason I didn't give this film a 1 out of 10 was the cinematography was decent. Other than that, this film is despicable. The dialogue, acting, music and general feel of the movie angers me. It angers me that people with obviously no talent for expressing valid feelings and dialogue get to make movies. Who actually read this script and thought this sounded like a winner! This is the kind of movie that makes any person think they can be in movies. Absolutely terrible, I only watched because I was violently ill and couldn't get out of bed. Unless you feel like making your brain melt, for two hours, I would stay away from this garbage.