Billy Jack

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Anakin W Apr 12, 2019 One of my favorite movies of all time!

Jan 27, 2019 The best movie character ever portrayed: Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack!

Luke W Dec 24, 2018 Endearingly terrible action/message film about an ex-green beret who helps a bunch of hippie kids at a school that promotes peace and tolerance by kicking the ass of every intolerant bigot they encounter. There's also a subplot about Billy stopping the same bad guys from slaughtering some wild horses. Written, produced, directed, and staring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack, this film was a huge hit when that spawned several sequels and it maintains its rah-rah appeal today. Laughlin gives a hilariously wooden performance, but much like contemporary wooden action star Steven Seagal, Laughlin has a strangely compelling on-screen charisma that makes me giddy with anticipation to see him let loose with his fakey fake martial arts. Unlike Seagal, who at one time was a legit martial artist, Laughlin didn;t know any martial arts before this film and was trained by Hapkido Master Bong Soo Han, best known for playing Dr. Klahn in "The Kentucky Fried Movie," who was also Laughlin's body double in the fight scenes. There are no big names appearing in the film, although there are a few familiar character actors with Bert Freed, Kenneth Tobey, and Clark Howat as Sheriff Cole, but you do get Howard Hesseman in his first credited feature film role as a hippie drama teacher. Overall, despite Laughin's bad acting, his laughably strident script, and his ham-fisted direction, "Billy Jack" is a compulsively watchable exploitation film that seems a bizarre hybrid of "Walking Tall" and "Easy Rider." You'll either love or hate this film and firmly in the camp of the former. See more

Finn W Nov 18, 2018 This movie sucks!! Poor quality on everything. Bad acting. Bad audio. Some kid singing songs for like 10 minutes! Why do people like this movie?? I had to turn it off. See more

Hagrid R Sep 23, 2018 A much more important film than it may seem, highly sensitive and timed with a movement in a generation which was topsy-turvy with war and peace, sex and media. Billy Jack is unique for succeeding in a genre which is exploitative and dangerously close to glorification of some crimes but it manages to make social statements, capture some energy and power from this rare moment in American history. Strong performances from strong but silent type Laughlin and memorable themes. Definitely a classic and a winner but might not please everybody who is not a fan of all kinds of movies. See more

Leia R Aug 8, 2018 One of my favorite films ever!

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