ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Dalbert Pringle You know, I was really-Really-REALLY (!!) hoping that Born Losers was going to be a helluva lot better than it was.Yes. I'm very hip to the fact that this "product-of-its-time" (1967) was, in fact, an independent endeavor and filmed on a mere $360,000 budget - But, all the same, it basically wimped out about 70% of the time with its bargain-basement everything (from acting to dialogue to violence to philosophy).Co-written by its ambitious director and star, Tom Laughlin, apparently this film's underlying message was supposed to be geared to promoting peace, tolerance and understanding. (Spare me!)But, the truth is, there was very-very little (if any) of that sort of stuff in this one's "bad-ass" story where our hero (of mixed race), Billy Jack (Laughlin), inescapably spent more time karate-kicking his malicious opponents into submission rather than doing any legitimate promoting of some starry-eyed, hippie-dippie philosophy. With shades of 1954's "The Wild One" hanging, like a tired cliché, over much of the action, Born Losers focuses in on the belligerent, in-your-face activities of the swastika-waving "Born To Lose" biker bad-boys who get their thrills terrorizing the folks of sunny Big Rock, California, and raping their virginal daughters for an added emphasis on entertainment.Naturally, our peace-lovin' hero, Billy Jack gets his toes stepped on once too often by these "Born To Lose" kids and that, in turn, provokes an inevitable climax of pure kick-ass retribution.This film predates "Easy Rider" by 2 years. It actually spawned 4 equally tiresome sequels and earned close to 10 times its budget ($360,000) in just the first year of its release. Personally, I found Born Losers to be only marginally entertaining. But, hey, perhaps after guzzling down a few beers, you, yourself, may actually find it to be quite otherwise.

MarieGabrielle Tom Laughlin created an interesting character here, although he doesn't really have the physical complexion of a Native American, and is the most civilized and essential part of this film.There is a cameo scene with Jane Russell as the traumatized mother (her daughter has been raped by the gang). The California bike gang includes such characters as "Gangrene" and "Crabs" clearly people who are on the lunatic fringe, and will not be missed in the world.While it's campy and obvious at times, for its time this was a fun endeavor at delineating societal issues and conflicts. Albeit a bit veiled and mild in its messages of discrimination, it's acceptable for a fun Saturday night flick. 7/10.

cemab4y This film is over the top. Especially the bikers, who all appear to be recently barbered. I swear one of the bikers looks like Wes Studi, the native American actor.Did anyone notice, that the actor who plays the sheriff's deputy, who escorts Billy Jack into his cell, is the same actor who played the Sheriff's deputy, who interviewed Rambo in "First Blood"? Notice the actress who is on the street, during the first rough-up scene, is Billys girlfriend from Billy Jack.This is an interesting film.The fictional town of "Big Rock" is meant to be "Big Sur", but Big Sur is not a town.Jane Russell's spoof of herself is a real gas. When she is talking to her daughter, the daughter is looking at an album "Music to Strip by" hoo!

qormi This flick was pathetic. So bad, it's still not good enough to be "so bad, it's good". Billy Jack is an Indian? From what Native American tribe? The white Irishmen? They say this guy Laughlin has a martial arts background? I know at least ten residents of an assisted living home that could mop the floor with his self righteous ass. He has the strange ability to render people helpless with feeble karate chops. And what about that biker leader with the white-framed sunglasses? Was this a fem bike club or what? And the chick riding around on a scooter with white gogo boots and a white bikini? Who the hell did she think she was? Girls who cavorted around like that were considered to be sluts anyway, so what's the point? Jane Russell hit rock bottom here. Tom Laughlin is definitely talent free. A loser indeed. This movie reeks!