... when peaceful protest is met with guns and brutality, Billy kicks ass as a one-man-army of poetic justice.
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09/02/09
Billy Jack (1971)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:8
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A box-office success with an attractive plot for modern-day youth. Laughlin stars as a half-breed (half Indian, half white) war hero who fights bigotry and injustice with Karate-trained effectiveness.
Starring: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat, Bert Freed
Director: T.C. Frank
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03/26/09
Top CriticLame, self indulgent when released in 1971, but even more so now.
06/07/07
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06/24/06
Top CriticBilly Jack f*%k yea!
03/13/06
A little heavy-handed with the message, this film still holds onto the brutality of the revenge style established in Born Losers.
10/14/05
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07/20/05
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06/23/05
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05/10/05
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10/23/04
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02/17/04
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02/10/04
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12/10/03
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11/27/03
You feel guilty liking this manipulative pulp, but it somehow grabs and holds onto you.
09/11/03
A film so fascinatingly liberal it almost seems to exist in a different universe.
10/11/02
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07/30/02
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