YouTube - Billy Jack in action

I loved those movies as a kid. I wouldn't mind seeing the movie now.

It will take only moments for you to realize how poor your cinematic tastes were back then.

I highly recommend that you forget about watching it again and keep it as a fond memory. I couldn't believe that I had actually watched it in it's entirety (multiple times even), let alone once thought that it was a great flick. Oh.... any acting involving the indian school is literally hard to stomach.

Watching "Bless the Beasts and the Children" (any or all) as an adult had the same affect.

Just say no.

I know. It was SO cool back then. Watched it recently with a movie-director friend and we both cringed.

Bruce Lee, Dirty Harry, Seven Ups, Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point - they all hold up nicely though!

It will take only moments for you to realize how poor your cinematic tastes were back then.

I highly recommend that you forget about watching it again and keep it as a fond memory. I couldn't believe that I had actually watched it in it's entirety (multiple times even), let alone once thought that it was a great flick. Oh.... any acting involving the indian school is literally hard to stomach.

Watching "Bless the Beasts and the Children" (any or all) as an adult had the same affect.

Just say no.

True...but it was a pretty cool movie back in the day. Especially with the KUNG FU movies that were out and for once, it was a movie without Subtitles. Also, a movie without the two second pause before a sound came out of a moving set of lips. :)

I enjoyed those movies back then. It would be fun to watch it now just to see some of the seens that were outstanding.

Good flick! But I can not condone what was done to the 427 Roadster.
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nope never seen it :D maybe im a little young. Old movies are bad you see a girl and think shes cute search her up and shes now 60-70 with her tatas on the floor.... GAG!!! It reminds me of Chuck E Cheeses. Greatest place when i was little. Went back for a bday party of a little kid we know. It demolished all my fond memories. :(

What was the song?, One tin soldier rides away? Yeah I remember that movie.

I watched a few seconds of Miami Vice the other day and it was the same thing, can't believe I liked it years ago.

What was the song?, One tin soldier rides away? Yeah I remember that movie.

One Tin Soldier by Coven!


YouTube - Coven - One Tin Soldier

I think Billy Jack would kick Chuck Norris' a$$

Good flick! But I can not condone what was done to the 427 Roadster.
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the wagon in the back gound is that one of those with the glass in the roof that was running on a post here not to long ago.

don't worry about the 427 roadster they more than likely used a prop car to run into the lake. Even then that was a low budget film.

the film did address a real problem between the white man and the American Indian

i remember seeing that movie in the early 70's...still pretty good

I think Billy Jack would kick Chuck Norris' a$$

No, Chuck Norriss a$$ would put a hurting on Billy Jacks boot.

:)

a fist would come out of Chuck's beard, knock that hat off then flip him the bird.

I had many scraps on the playground defending the toughness of my heros. Billy Jack and Bruce Lee. Back then Chuck Norris was just the abnormally hairy guy who got his chest hair ripped out and his neck broken by Bruce Lee.
There were four Billy Jack movies, all were successful and independently produced, try that today. Looking back sure the acting was bad. But I'm sure there are those out there who think that the 80's and 90's produced best action pictures ever made, only to cringe when they see them now.

Great movie. It's hard to find at the rental stores these days tho.

There were four Billy Jack movies

I remember two for sure, maybe a hazy third, if something specific were to jar my memory.

I do recall that the sequels sucked even then, which must have made it really bad.

Tom McLaughlin went a bit wacko, oblivious to the fact that he was just a movie hero and taking up the role of political crusader. Sounds like some of todays Hollywood folk. A lot of times, I think that they hurt their causes more than they help.

1. "Born Losers"
2. "Billy Jack"
3. "The Trial of Billy Jack"
4. "Billy Jack goes to Washington"

the wagon in the back gound is that one of those with the glass in the roof that was running on a post here not to long ago.

don't worry about the 427 roadster they more than likely used a prop car to run into the lake. Even then that was a low budget film.

the film did address a real problem between the white man and the American Indian

The wagon with the glass in the roof was a Olds Vista-cruiser.

I liked the part where he was in the house and told the SOB that thought he was the Boss of the Gang to do something and the Dude mouthed back and he shot him right between the eyes, breaking his glasses in two!

BJ looked over at the Dude's right hand man and said something like, "Are you going to call?" and the second guy liked ta crapped all over himself scrambling in obedience!!

He, He!!

Remember, law abiding people way out number the as*holes, but you have to be able to die to ultimately take them out so they can NEVER do their evil again!!

People don't have the stomach for it now b/c we've become as the old Indian Chief said in the flick, "The Outlaw Jose Wales", "We've become civilized!"

"Endeavor to persevere"..........

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Andy would still prefer Repo Man.

its easy to tell its an old movie ........... Billy Jack didn't get shot by a Swat sniper !!

or Taz'ed as they dragged his simi-lifeless body to the cop car & through him in !!! Tazzing all the way !!

Tazed, Billy Jack? Nah he would have yanked them probes out and put foot to head of both man and beast just like the guy did on one of the first "Cops" episodes. If you haven't noticed since then they only broadcast positive outcomes. lol.

Billy Jack was the first movie that kept me in my seat to watch it all over again, I thought the story was that compelling and I dug the karate. In the 37 years since then I have seen a LOT of movies - so of course it would be hard to look at it the same way now. However, if you think back contextually for the current events of the day, then it has to be appreciated. I remember that it got a lot of "wows" from the audience as they left the theater. Cheesy acting or not, it got people talking.

Two years later (1973) it was Jesus Christ Superstar getting audience reaction. In a much different way - it was a movie that freaked out certain types of people. I remember that two different people, after watching as much as they could stomach, standing up and yelling at the screen! It was obviously not the religious film they had expected :)

Then in 1979 Apocolypse now came along and left movie goers speechless. What I remember when leaving the theater was how quiet everyone was - they were all wrapped up in thought mentally absorbing what had just passed before their eyes.

Okay, back on track - yeah that was a good clip from Billy Jack.

Thomas

You want a QUIET audience!!

Back then, go to the weekend afternoon show, "The Night of the Living Dead"!

Readers Digest did a story on it about how the Mom's UNKNOWINGLY dropped their little kids off at the Sat. afternoon matinée(Sp?) show!

Seem's the kids were all hooting and a hollering for the 1st 15 minutes, then got quiet and 40 minutes later were quietly sobbing in their seats b/c it scared them SO BAD!!!

I'm talking real gut-eating ghouls here!!

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Vista Cruiser wagaon?