Very well executed

It is a performances centric movie

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

In The Born Losers, out of the 4 girls who have the option to testify, only 1 of them was going to testify. That girl was the girl in the beginning-middle of the movie who is left alone at her house and is found by the gang and threatens her. The other 3 don't testify for these reasons: 1 was going to testify, but she remains mute in the movie and is found by the gang and is threatened. 1 girl liked the gang doing stuff to her and wasn't going to testify. And Vicky said that she wasn't going to testify.Do you find that strange?

If you like Billy Jack, this is for you. Over 2 hours of a leading actress that can't act, a leading man who stands still without expression, and an inane group of men who are supposed to be dangerous because they are slightly bizarre. Sprinkle in ten minutes of Billy kicking big donkey, and you have the formula.Tom Laughlin knew a winner when he saw one and would use the main elements of this film in all of his future Billy Jack movies. In later films, his real-life wife would take over the role of the leading actress that can't act.This is a very low-budget movie. Future Billy Jack against the world movies had a couple more bucks. But true to form, as in all Billy Jack movies, there is no competent acting anywhere.Personally, none of this stuff turns me off of Billy Jack movies. In one movie, I see it for the gas station scene. In another, I want to see Billy put his right foot up against the guy's left ear. In a third, I want to see him shoot it out.For an anti-war pinko, Laughlin sure knows how to create some nice fight scenes. If the man would have moved a few more times per pic, he would have been a major star. But his style is to stand around for most of the movie with a deadpan expression, and then finally kick some butt.The Billy Jack movies are a lot like chitlins, limburger cheese, or kim chee. If you like that stuff, you don't mind the smell.This one stinks to high heaven.But it's a Billy Jack stink.

This was the start of the Billy Jack Legacy as this movie hit the theaters on August 18 1967 starring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack, Elizabeth James as Vicky Barrington, and Jeremy Slate as Daniel Carmody. A motorcycle gang led by Daniel Danny Carmody rides through the local towns terrorizing the people and the local law is afraid of them. Enters Vicky Barrington who races to the airport to pick up her dad only to find out that she was rejected again. While the gang is riding the come across a young kid who they beat up and Billy Jack comes to his rescue. Billy is arrested along with the bikers and thrown in jail. The gang ends up raping four women who they have threaten the women into not testifying. Vicki who was raped goes under the protection of Billy Jack who has also had several altercations with the gang. The gang escalates their pressure on both Vicki and Billy Jack to keep her out of the courtroom. Some facts you may not know. This picture was banned from Sweden because of its high violence rating in 1968, 1972, and 1975. When Billy Jack and Vicky go into eat at a local restaurant they are met by an astrologer. The astrologer asks Billy when his birthday is, Billy told him August 10, and that is the real birthday of Tom Laughlin. Thoughts on the movie! I thought it was a great movie that kept my interest all the way through. You can see way Tom Laughlin did all four Billy jack pictures because he was excellent in his role as Billy Jack. Elizabeth James was excellent in her role as Vicky Barrington. She was gorgeous riding around in that white bikini on her bike. Because of Vicky and the action in this movie I give this picture 10 weasel stars.

I caught this film the other (late) night on cable. As a youth I really enjoyed the karate action Billy Jack movies but I had never seen this one. The reason I had never seen it is that is was so bad, it didn't deserve the airtime back in the 70's. It's just a bad film all the way around. The editing is just horrible, Tom Laughlin is OK as Billy Jack but everyone else is horrible. It is almost a comedy it is so bad. Reminds me a bit of the Beach Blanket Bingo movies with the stereotyped, one dimensional biker characters. Jane Russel has a small part and even though she is way over-the top, it was enjoyable to watch her. Some of the dialogue seems written by a 10 year old - especially the scenes between the law enforcement officials. On top of that, I was disappointed in the action scenes. Very little Billy Jake fight scenes compared with the later Billy Jake movies.