Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Dumb bit of business that has some value as an unintentional comedy but nothing else. Chuck Norris stars as a high-kicking truck driver out to find his little brother, who ran into trouble in a hick town in California run by a cartoon villain. This really could have been fun but, sadly, it's not. The script is full of tired clichés and cardboard characters. The production values are so cheap it looks like it was made for television. The town where the bulk of the movie takes place appears to be one of those old western sets from the silent movie days. I doubt there's more than ten nails holding up the whole place. The climax involving a convoy of truckers demolishing the town is pretty unimpressive since a good gust of wind would've done the trick. Chuck gets to do some arm wrestling, barroom brawling, lovemaking, and, of course, kicking. Speaking of which, the fight scenes are nothing to brag about. The highlight of the movie is the corny montage of Chuck and his girlfriend walking and talking while some cheesy song plays. This is really a stinker. It was obviously meant to cash in on the short-lived trucker and CB craze of the '70s, one of the most baffling fads ever. Like I said before, some fun could have been had here but this is just a slog to get through.

I had heard of this movie but knew nothing about it except Chuck Norris and cb'ers. Got to see it last night and after about 10 minutes knew it was a real STINKER but it did have a redeeming quality. Once I started pointing out the stupid and inane parts (virtually every part of the film) I started laughing at this clunker. And then the laughs just kept coming scene after scene. The acting(?), the dialogue, non-continuity, sets, directing, EVERYTHING was totally absurd. As serious film making I would give it 0 stars, BUT, as a comedy I give it a 9. Funniest movie I've seen in years. No sense giving examples, there are too many. I hope to buy this somewhere and have some friends over for beer and pick this thing apart. what a hoot!!!

Chuck Norris became a American Icon when he reached the top of the Martial Arts world. Winning nearly every competition from East to the West coast, his fame proceeded him into films. There he made several low budget movies which led to his most memorable confrontation with the legendary Bruce Lee. In this film called " Breaker, Breaker " Norris plays John Dawes who's younger brother Billy (Michael Augenstein) a trucker has been arrested, jailed, kidnapped and presumed killed, at the whim of corrupt Judge Joshua Trimmings (George Murdock). The small town sheriff works with the judge to waylay Dawes as he enters the town. Throughout the film one can see Norris in action as he takes on the Sheriff and his henchmen and literally dusts' them. Though there is much to be said for the Martial artist, except for his talent, Norris's acting as well as the rest of the cast is stiff, boring and cardboard. The plot is simple as is the entire premise. Still if you're a Norris fan, this is one for you. If not you can do with this film as the title suggest. **

Better than most movies of this genre because the villains aren't Vietnamese or Russians or any of that geopolitical nonsense. These outlaws are a town of stupid psychotic hillbillies hijacking trucks for for an even more psychotic, megalomaniac local Judge Trimmings, played frighteningly and brilliantly by George Murdoch, who is part cult leader, poet, murderer, and thief. His character really saves the movie from utter oblivion. The town is obviously a set or a ghost town, but it just exaggerates the impression that this town really sucks.Norris brings his usual blank acting style, but looks genuinely down and frightened in a few shots, and seems more human. The supporting actors seem amateur, but there are some real scary and touching moments. This must have ripped off Deliverance, but the plot is different enough and it doesn't threaten a movie of that caliber, so its OK.While it's not anywhere near as good as First Blood, it shares with it a more down-to-earth battle style, not so glorified and patriotic. Just a local trucker trying to get justice in a land full of law-breaking yahoos. The climax is great, too....This is one of the better Chuck Norris movies I've seen, and is a good slice of 1970s rural/trucking America. Much better than two stars, this gets a solid 5.