𝙀𝙭-𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙣🔶 Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway. Billy Jack is a half-Indian/half-white ex-Green Beret who is being drawn more and more toward his Indian side. He hates violence, but can't get away from it in the white man's world. Pitting the good guys, the students of the peace-loving free-arts school in the desert vs. the Democratic bad guys in the near-by town, the movie plays definitive late 60s themes/messages: anti-establishment, make love not war, the senseless slaughter of God's creatures, the rape of society (figuratively and literally), two sided justice, racial segregation and prejudices.
Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat and many other fine actors.
A bit of movie trivia.
01: Tom Laughlin had no martial arts training before he started training for the movie. He studied under a master teacher for six months before filming started.
02: The film eventually became a huge hit, grossing $32.5 million in the US on a budget of $800,000. It grossed $98 million worldwide.
03: Bong Soo Han mentioned on a talk show that Tom did all of his own stunts except for only one kick which Bong was the body double.
04: During the Snake Ceremony, Billy Jack is bit by a rattlesnake five times.
If you have watched this movie, what would your rating be on a scale of 1 to 10? My reviews will be based upon 1 to 10. With 1 being the lowest and 10 being the best. This movie has a rating of 8.5 out of 10.
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