Born Losers, the movie

[jhc68]

I hadn't seen this stinker in years but it was on the tube tonight. First of the Billy Jack films. One too many.

Gotta be in the top 3 worst movies ever!!! Hilariously awful, plot line defies logic at every turn... dialogue and acting so horrendous it is almost beyond description. So I wonder why I watched the whole damn thing? Must be because I couldn't care less who wins between Michigan State and UNC.

[Brian]

Re: Born Losers, the movie

I hadn't seen this stinker in years but it was on the tube tonight. First of the Billy Jack films. One too many.

Gotta be in the top 3 worst movies ever!!! Hilariously awful, plot line defies logic at every turn... dialogue and acting so horrendous it is almost beyond description. So I wonder why I watched the whole damn thing? Must be because I couldn't care less who wins between Michigan State and UNC.

It was indeed the quintessential "B" movie.

Got to give Tom Laughlin credit, though: After this first-try effort, "Billy Jack" was a HUGE success--especially impressive as it was probably the first truly successful American-made indie.


I'd say the "one too many" was their remake of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" ...titled (imagine!) "Billy Jack Goes to Washington."


Heard Laughlin went on to become a Psychology prof at the University of Colorado, but can't verify it. Maybe someone else knows for sure.

[Texas]

Re: Born Losers, the movie

I hadn't seen this stinker in years but it was on the tube tonight. First of the Billy Jack films. One too many.

Gotta be in the top 3 worst movies ever!!! Hilariously awful, plot line defies logic at every turn... dialogue and acting so horrendous it is almost beyond description. So I wonder why I watched the whole damn thing? Must be because I couldn't care less who wins between Michigan State and UNC.

You approach Billy Jack movies prepared to rest the brain for a couple hours and just go with it. Yep...cheap thrills.

[gh]

Re: Born Losers, the movie

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Heard Laughlin went on to become a Psychology prof at the University of Colorado, but can't verify it. Maybe someone else knows for sure.

His Wiki bio makes no mention of it, but does note that he has run for President as both an R and a D!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Laughlin_(actor)

(has some decent credits beyond Billy Jack)

[Halfmiler2]

I recall him getting several thousand votes in the New Hampshire primary one time.

[no one]

one tin soldier

[TrackDaddy]

I have a collection of B Movies including Billy Jack, some Bruce Lee movies and some Blaxploitation Movies from that era.

We love watching them not only for a few laughs, but also for nostalgia reasons.

Karate style kick fighting was HUGE in the 60s and 70s. :lol: