Billy Jack

Billy Jack (1971)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 62% of users liked it
    (8,899 ratings)

Actor/auteur Tom Laughlin created the character of Billy Jack in the motorcycle flick The Born Losers. Wandering Christlike through the Southwest, Native American Vietnam veteran Billy Jack -- soft-spoken, but well-versed in martial arts -- champions the cause of a progressive school run by Jean… More

In Theaters
Jan 1, 1971 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Stuart Byron, Village Voice

    Billy Jack is the nicest surprise of the year, and my own feeling is that it ranks among the top half-dozen American films so far in 1971.

  • Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

    [W]hen peaceful protest is met with guns and brutality, Billy kicks ass as a one-man-army of poetic justice.

  • Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

    ... when peaceful protest is met with guns and brutality, Billy kicks ass as a one-man-army of poetic justice.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Lame, self indulgent when released in 1971, but even more so now.

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Billy Jack f*%k yea!

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim C


    No real point to it, but I would want my own Billy Jack as a bodygaurd

  • AJ V


    This movie is good at giving you a picture of early seventies late sixties life, especially the youth and peace movements going on at the time. The story is good, too, but the movie is too long and sort of lingers at times. There are some really great scenes, though, especially the… More

  • Mister C


    A Cult Classic Starring Tom Laughlin. The original that started it all. This was followed by two other sequels.

  • Bradley W


    No real point to it, but I would want my own Billy Jack as a bodygaurd

  • Stephen E


    "Billy Jack" is a real overly pathetic attempt at inspiring resentment in the hearts of Native Americans. I'm sure that its creators meant well back when it was made, but viewed today, their once-relevant message has become strangely ironic. Also, Tom Laughlin's… More

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