Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- confrontational
- gritty
- tense
- cult movie night
- grindhouse double feature
What critics said
Critics generally viewed the film negatively, objecting to its sensationalized violence and use of violence to condemn violence.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Billy Jack is presented as a forceful veteran figure confronting a predatory motorcycle gang through direct violence.
Billy Jack protects Vicky when intimidation compromises the gang's victims and the local justice process.
The gang's rape, intimidation, and pressure on witnesses expose residents and authorities who fail to resist them.
Billy Jack's repeated altercations with the gang establish him as the lone defender willing to confront them.
Films like The Born Losers, and why
Easy Rider
shares biker-gang menace, exploitation filmmaking, vigilantism, and confrontational social themes
The Wild Angels
shares motorcycle gang violence, small-town intimidation, and gritty exploitation energy
Walking Tall
shares vigilante justice, sexual violence, and a morally forceful outsider confronting criminal abuse
Rolling Thunder
shares vetsploitation context, trauma-inflected masculinity, and direct action against social brutality
Movie Details
- Director
- Tom Laughlin
- Release Date
- 1967-07-12
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (75)
Cast
- Tom Laughlin
- Elizabeth James
- Jeremy Slate
- William Wellman Jr.
- Jack Starrett
- Paul Bruce
- Robert Cleaves
- Paul Prokop
- Robert Tessier
- Susan Foster
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Born Losers about?
- A hard-edged exploitation thriller follows a veteran outsider who defies a terrorizing biker gang to protect a threatened witness.
- What is The Born Losers like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Born Losers as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Born Losers violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Born Losers as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Born Losers?
- Critics generally viewed the film negatively, objecting to its sensationalized violence and use of violence to condemn violence.
- Which films are like The Born Losers?
- Films with a similar feel include Easy Rider, The Wild Angels, Walking Tall, and Rolling Thunder.
- How long is The Born Losers?
- The Born Losers runs 114 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Born Losers?
- In United States, The Born Losers streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel .
