Breaker! Breaker! (1977) User Reviews

Rifftrax version is funny

[reddiemurf81 · 5/10 · 21 July 2021]

Rifftrax guys take this terrible 70s film and bring some lols.

3,9 Stars? Come on! It deserves at least 4.

[pinbackwiggly · 5/10 · 21 February 2017]

Oh how I miss the message boards. This film was made for one reason only...to watch good ol Chuck walk around and kick some people in the chest. That being said, sometimes that is all it takes to make a watchable movie. There are some shallow supporting cast and a love interest that I think I blinked too long while watching and they became a couple. There's also a nice nod to the camaraderie of mid-70s truckers on their CBs. So to wrap up, some fun martial arts from Mr. Norris. I've seen a heck of a lot worse.

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

Early and low-budgeted Chuck Norris entry in which he takes on a powerful judge who rules tyrannically a village

[ma-cortes · 4/10 · 25 August 2020]

This moving picture is plenty of action-packed , excitement , tense and cheesy sub-plot to boot with wild stunts . A truck driver called John Dawes (Chuck Norris) searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a little town run by nasty people , but he has been really detained and condemned by a corrupt judge called Joshua Trimmings (George Murdock). Then Norris using his skills as a fighter discovers the undercover activities of the heinous judge while eliminates his hoodlums one-by-one . One Man Makes a Difference .A town without justice. A hero without fear . Don't Muck Around With An 18 Wheel Trucker...he's got a CB radio and a hundred friends who just might get mad! A Bean Store Dolly and a Million Miler...They Had an 18 Wheeler...And a Grudge .The Battle Cry of the Great Truckers War!

Early and below average Norris outing as only starring , in fact his former first films were Way of the Dragon with Bruce Lee and Slaughter in San Francisco , both of them as a secondary actor , being packed with noisy action, tension , car pursuits , fights , violence and unknown support cast , exception for George Murdock and brief appearace by Jack Nance. Here Norris cleans up the village against nasty henchmen by means of leaps , punches , kick-ass , with struggles certainly slick . Mediocre and ordinary screenplay by Chambers and Hulette himself , it's violent , frenetic and hectic and not particularly literary but worthy entry in Kung-Fu genre , although runs out energy surprisingly early . Average Norris-thriller , exciting and tense at times with fine work from George Murdock as a druk and corrupt judge who rules over a little town .The pic was regularly directed by Don Hulette who also produced , wrote and composed the thrilling musical score . The film belongs Norris's early period , as during the 70s when he made low-average budget as this ¨Breaker, Breaker¨, ¨Slaughter in San Francisco ¨, after that , in the 80s and 90s he acted in better movies as ¨Code of silence¨, ¨Delta Force¨ , ¨Silent rage¨ ,¨Octagon¨ ,¨Forced vengeance¨, ¨Delta Force I,II¨ , ¨An eye for an eye¨ among others , with successful box office at cinemas and video-rentals . In the 90s and 2000s with exception of ¨Walker Texas Ranger¨, the Norris star had gone down . Action addicts will give this one a passing grade , all others need not apply . If you're a previous Norris fans , you'll like it but contains enough action and violence for enthusiasts of the Karate genre . This is a must see if you're a die-hard Chuck Norris fan ,but only for Norris completists. Rating : 4/10 , so-so action movie .

Treat for 70s fans

[tishwolfe · 12 December 2002]

If you liked the styles of the 70s, you'll love Breaker Breaker. Check out the blown-dry hairdos, the "knotty pine" paneling, the Coors beers ... ahhh. This movie must have marked the peak and beginning of the decline of the CB fad.

Oh, plot, acting etc? *giggle* As if!

Got Your Ears On, Chuck's In Trouble

[bkoganbing · 2/10 · 6 April 2009]

Breaker! Breaker! has Chuck Norris as a truck driver and a karate master, talk about juggling two disparate careers. He gives a load he can't deliver to his younger brother Michael Augenstein and then when the young man doesn't show up, Chuck goes looking for him.

What young Augenstein has got himself into is a speed-trap run by Judge George Murdock who comes from the Roy Bean school of jurisprudence. Of course Norris deals with matters in the usual Chuck Norris way and when he gets in trouble, the call goes out over the CB for all the truckers to come and help their good buddy. This speed-trap known as Texas City has a bad reputation and the drivers are only too happy to help a pal.

Chuck's of course quite a bit younger and with no facial hair in this one. He's got the tight lipped look of a man who realizes the Academy won't be looking at this gobbler. George Murdock is overacting outrageously as the Judge Roy Bean wannabe.

This one is strictly for the fans of Chuck Norris.

" When Lawmen break the law, then there is no Law "

[thinker1691 · 4/10 · 30 July 2010]

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. **

So bad it's funny.

[=G= · 1/10 · 7 December 2001]

Save some very early Norris, "Breaker, Breaker" has nothing to offer which can't be found ten fold better on any broadcast channel. A pathetic attempt at film making, this is one of the worst films I have ever seen. In spite of that, I did watch it, thumbing the fast forward button, because the acting was so awful it was comical. Of course, the film is supposed to be an action/drama but turned out as a treatise on how NOT to make a movie. Everything which could be wrong with film is on screen in this "dog". If you happen across it, give it a peek. It's so bad, it's funny.

Broken! Broken!

[Mister-6 · 1/10 · 11 February 2000]

Ever want to see a movie where Chuck Norris takes the bad guys aside and calmly discusses with them the errors of their ways until they see the light and, with tears in their eyes, they shake hands, right the wrongs of the world together in peace and harmony and forever end the reign of evil in the world?

Well, forget it, Jocko.

"Breaker! Breaker!" instead goes right for the drop-kick as our truck-drivin' man Chuck steers his big rig into the small backwoods town where his little brother is being held by a corrupt judge and his even-more corrupt law-men.

Chuck karate kicks, chops, slices, juliennes and crinkle-cuts every baddie in sight until not an evil-doer dares raise his head. A lot of fights are in slow-motion, for excitement purposes, but just help pad out the movie to fill 86 minutes.

And there's a lot of fights here, which leave just about 15 minutes for plot development...and that's about all the plot you get. But what did you expect: calm discussion?

One star for "Breaker! Breaker!"; and that's a small 10-4, good buddy.

An early Norris outing falls flat.

[The Bronson Fan · 3/10 · 28 August 2007]

I've always been a fan of Chuck Norris for what he's accomplished and his movies. For while I had been meaning to watch this film, but for whatever reason didn't have chance. Apparently I didn't miss much. This has to be one of Chuck's worst films. So this trucker, Billy Dawes (Augenstein) is given the chance to make his delivery, but on the way he is detoured and forced into a jerkwater town where a foolish local corrupt Judge Trimmings (Murdock) who runs the whole town, has him arrested and phony charges brought up on him. He denies the charges and makes a run for it. The local hick cops beat him and he disappears. But now his brother JD John Dawes (Norris) another trucker goes looking for him. He soon finds that the town is run buy the loser judge and that his brother is nowhere to be found. Not long after he begins to beat off just about everyone in town. In the meantime the female of the film calls on local truckers on a CB radio, and they all come rushing into town demolishing it. LOL with there big rigs. Eventually Norris finds his brother and beats off more thugs.

This movie was pretty bad. It actually starts off OK and you feel great when Norris starts to smash some of these local corrupt cops, because there such losers. But there is virtually no story, the acting is bad, and the ending …..well it doesn't really have one. The Judge has his house rammed into by a big rig and you never know what happens. Does he live? Norris never even gets to trash him. In the meantime Norris takes on some thug cop at the end. Who cares? Norris also manages to take on everyone in town, gets his hand broken and shot in the side and goes on to keep fighting. Come on! This movie was apparently made to cash in on the CB craze of the time, why there was one is beyond me. They barley even use the CB's in the movie. Adding to this, the movie near the end seems to drag on and you wonder why it's not over yet. This movie is bad, but if you're bored and need something to watch it will pass the time. As far as Norris he went on to make much better films than this. 3 out of 10.

decent enough Chuck Norris vehicle

[disdressed12 · 6/10 · 30 September 2010]

for a Chuck Norris film,this one isn't that bad.it's one of this earlier ones.it's not his best by any means.but it is a lot of fun to watch.the plot is nothing new.corrupt town town,run by a corrupt judge and corrupt police.older brother sets out to find younger brother who disappears on his first solo trucking run.finds out out he may be somewhere in the corrupt town,either dead or alive.older brother sets out to rescue younger brother and becomes a one man wrecking crew.that's the synopsis in a nutshell.obviously there's lots of martial arts action.and it's actually pretty well done.there aren't a lot of flashy camera tricks to make it look fancy.the acting is adequate for this genre.i've seen much worse in my time.for me,Breaker! Breaker! is a 6/10

Wow, this Chuck Norris movie really has a low score.

[Aaron1375 · 5/10 · 29 December 2009]

I can not believe this movie has such a low score, I did not think it was all that great, but I thought it was rather watchable. It went by fairly quickly, but lets just say there were parts that were disappointing. All through the movie they seemed to be building a somewhat great final showdown between Chuck and some awesome fighter, but that fight never materialized. In fact, at the beginning of the movie when they were talking about their town finally being recognized as a town they mentioned someone that was supposedly integral in the founding of the town and I thought this unseen character would be the one to have a showdown with Chuck, but instead it seemed to be some random guy. The story is a bit like a couple of other movies about small towns and dudes who come into these towns and kick butt because the small town is usually full of corruption. Here I think Chuck's brother is a truck driver who gets pulled over and ends up being taken prisoner in this town so Chuck has to come into town and rescue him. He befriends a female in town during his butt kicking exploits. This film is a bit like the movie "Ruckus", though I would say that film is the superior movie even though this one has Chuck Norris in it and that one did not.

my life has changed

[bill-1070 · 10/10 · 14 June 2005]

I don't think I've ever witnessed such a remarkable form of art. Chuck Norris punched a hick in the groin. It was awesome. Later on, he had a make-out fight. Yeah, him and yet another hick were rolling around in the hay, doing you-know-what. The rough kind, with wood.

Watch it. Also, if your curtains ever blow in the middle of the night (which happens to include daylight), chances are A SEMI WILL BUST THROUGH THE WALL.

Don't miss out on this blockbuster hit! Just for the pirate, too!

"I'm gonna stick ya!"

Then comes the crab-man.

Early Chuck Norris butt kicker

[dworldeater · 7/10 · 9 January 2018]

Breaker! Breaker! is not the the sort of movie that would ever be eligible for any kind of rewards consideration, but for what it is, it succeeds on its own merits. Breaker! Breaker! is a CB/ redneck trucker karate movie that is a good vehicle for Chuck Norris to show his fighting skills in his 1st leading role. Obviously riding the on the popularity of Smokey And The Bandit, The Dukes Of Hazard and Convoy. This drive in action movie is good entertainment for sure with awesomely bad acting, 70's redneck trucker stuff and Chuck Norris beating up a bunch of hillbillies with no chance who don't know who they are messing with. Breaker! Breaker! is hilarious and a lot of campy fun. While this is by no means the best Chuck Norris movie, you can certainly do much worse. It is a hard movie to take seriously, but if you enjoy the movie Convoy and like low budget karate movies, Breaker! Breaker! is for you good buddy. That is a big 10/4 , over and out.

Chuck Norris and 18 wheelers

[BandSAboutMovies · 3/10 · 7 August 2019]

Don Hulette somehow went from the music to Starhops to directing this, which feels like a glitch in the matrix which is IMDB. Kind of the same feeling one gets realizing that they're about to watch a trucking movie starring Chuck Norris, who said, "I didn't know anything when I made that movie. We shot it in just 11 days. But it was amazing, people loved it anyway. It's a down-home kind of movie. It's still my dad's favorite."

J.D. (Chuck Norris) is a trucker from California who learns that his friend was paralyzed after being beaten by Texas City cops Sergeant Strode and Deputy Boles, who have a history of entrapping truckers and sending them to jail. J.D. warns his brother Billy to stay out of Texas City, the kid doesn't listen and goes missing.

That brings J.D. to town, winning over single mom waitresses and accidentally killing mechanics, which gets him sentenced to death by Judge Trimmings. Luckily, J.D.'s new hash slinging old lady calls in a convoy of big rigs to save him. Jack Nance is in this, too. Yes, the same Jack Nance who was in Eraserhead. Life's funny like that.

Decent flick

[raven118 · 27 September 2001]

Breaker!Breaker! was Chuck Norris' first American-made movie in which he had a leading role. It was also his first movie as a good guy. This ultra-low budget flick has a clean-shaven Chuck playing a truck driver searching for his lost brother in a corrupt town run by an even more corrupt judge. While this isn't one of Chuck's best films, it is worth a watch for diehard Norris fans. I have to admit I love watching Chuck beat up bad guys and this movie delivers the goods. While the movie does drag at certain points, the fight sequences make up for the slow pacing. It's also quite obvious that this movie was made to capitalize on the CB craze of the 70's.

Vigilante Truckers...Well Heehaw!

[Space_Mafune · 1/10 · 22 March 2003]

Ok with this film there are a number of ingredients at work:

First put in loads of hillbilly truckers--good ole boys who have secret desire to take law into own hands. Second put in evil hillbilly cops controlled by a Texas bred outlaw. Third put in karate fighting trucker played by Chuck Norris. Fourth put in a chump teenager as Norris's nephew captured by evil hillbilly cops. Fifth show Chuck Norris fighting in slow motion.

Now mix all together and what have you got?

You guessed it...one very mediocre movie!

"I'm going to stick ya, boy".

[lost-in-limbo · 5/10 · 16 July 2011]

Breaker! Breaker! Here we got Chuck Norris with his golden blonde hair flowing in the wind starring in his first leading role, where he's not only kicking ass (that's hillbilly ass), but driving a truck. That's a ten-four. "Breaker! Breaker!" is an ultra-cheap, b-grade action outing where marital arts meet spaghetti western… kind of. Well it has that operatic style in its clunky direction, like the outstanding climatic showdown. Close ups on the faces, slow-motion and a rousing score. One-sided, but powerful. Everything about this feature is daft (especially the truck convey to the rescue), but it doesn't seem to know that. Still it's rather amusing watching Norris in a small backwoods town causing a ruckus. Ultimate chaos! "Dukes of Hazards" chaos. Looks like all in a good days work. Easy work too. I don't think I ever saw him break a sweat, moving on from one encounter to another. What occurs it just so unhinged, if pedestrian. The story is threadbare, as trucker Billy Dawes disappears during his first solo run, so his older brother J.D sets out to find him. This leads J.D to a small remote community that's run by a corrupt judge who preys upon unsuspecting motorists. Simple, but fairly madcap with a comical air. The villains corn it up, as George Murdock goes over-the-top as the crazy judge. Norris looking good in double denim and black gloves goes about his business accordingly. Deadpan, but in what counts it's a marvel to see him in his element. Even when he's beaten up or wounding a gunshot. Nothing slows down this man on a mission. Of brotherly love. Then you got the southern hillbilly twang to the music score, you know that boot kicking stuff. An oddball, low-grade action Norris fare.

"I'm not going anywhere until I know where my brother is."

Welcome to Texas City California.

[mark.waltz · 2/10 · 29 January 2022]

If you enjoy the good ole' boy films, then this one's for you. It's filled with bad dialogue, ridiculously underdeveloped characters, poor performances, and of course banjo music. When you hear banjo music in a film, that's usually a sign that the screenwriter wanted to indicate that it dealt with trashy characters, and there, it has succeeded. Of course seeing Chuck Norris topbuild is another indication of the audience for whom this was intended, and most likely never had a major release in the big movie markets. Norris is a truck driver searching for his missing brother, and when he gets to Texas City, a recently Incorporated town in the Sunshine State, he encounters corruption with the presence of local judge George Murdock. You know what that means. Missing brother is somewhere around.

There are so many elements of ridiculousness in this film, but where to start? First of all the long-haired hippie biker who's trying to be the 1970s version of Yankee Doodle complete with feather in his hat. The missing brother is a young driver, possibly on his first long distance haul, ordered by the police to take a detour due to an accident, Then followed by them where he disappears. The town itself is nothing more than an old Ghost Town re-established, and the corrupt judge is exactly like Boss Hogg from "Dukes of Hazzard". That character was played for laughs as a buffoon, but here, the corrupt judge is very sinister and gets away with it so that makes it very unpleasant.

Then there are the situations that Norris goes through, first dealing with a bully in a greasy highway truck stop that of course results in a fight, and everything he goes through to deal with the corruption and trying to find his brother. There were dozens of films like this made in the 1970's, all practically forgotten today, ripoffs of "Deliverance", and a twist on the Tltrashy biker films of the 60's. This one is very unpleasant, bloody and ugly, with few redeeming values. Norris attempts to give this a spiritual leaning by meditating aloud, but it's just another ugly portrait of rural America that seemed to be a manipulation to get people to fly cross country rather than drive.

Has Some Nostalgic Value

[Uriah43 · 4/10 · 24 June 2020]

Having just taught his younger brother "Billy Dawes" (Michael Augenstein ) how to drive a tractor-trailer, a trucker by the name of "John David 'J. D.' Dawes" (Chuck Norris) watches as Billy drives off with his first load. However, on the way to his destination he is stopped by a local police officer and informed that he will have to take a detour through the town of Texas City, California. Naturally, Billy complies with the instructions given to him only to be pulled over further down the road and taken to a nearby courthouse where he is found guilty of bogus charges and his truck in confiscated. The next day, having received no communication from his brother, J.D. drives on the same route he imagines Billy must have taken and it's then that he encounters a level of corruption that he never thought was imaginable. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was one of the first films to take advantage of the CB craze that had swept America during the 70's with "Smokey and the Bandit" being the most popular at the time. To that extent, this particular picture pales in comparison to its well-known rival due in large part to the wooden acting of Chuck Norris, the poor script and the simplistic plot that is typical for a low-budget production of this sort. Admittedly, it has some nostalgic value but the weaknesses mentioned previously were simply too apparent and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.

Chuck at his best

[sebeben · 1/10 · 13 January 2003]

This is definitely one of the best Kung fu movies in the history of Cinema. The screenplay is really well done (which is not often the case for this type of movies) and you can see that Chuck (in one of his first role)is a great actor. The final fight with the sherif deputy in the bullring is a masterpiece!

A fun action flick

[jonandshellie · 7/10 · 30 April 2010]

Breaker! Breaker! is the kind of mindless action film that fans of the genre have grown to love. The plot was thin, the acting even thinner, but what the movie excelled in was fast paced stunts and neck-cracking roundhouse kicks - the kind of kicks that only Chuck Norris can deliver. Breaker! Breaker! doesn't take itself seriously and it's not supposed to. It's meant to be a movie you went and watched at the drive-in with a girl on one arm and a cold beer in the other. If you watch this movie intent on solid plot and character development, then you're going to be in for a rude awakening. It's meant to entertain and amuse you for 90 minutes and thats all, and it accomplishes that fairly well.

A Big 10-200 On The Bigscreen!

[daviddaveinternational · 1/10 · 12 June 2012]

If you paid money for this movie, you got stuck. "Plan Nine From Outer Space" the worst movie ever? Maybe until this one came along. Semi trucks never seen on pavement? Weird. Usually they drive on major roads, not the set of some dirt movie ranch. I know. They was just trying to cash in on the C.B. radio craze. This movie is bad. A real stinkeroo. Chuck sucked. Poor retarded Arnie seemed to be the best actor in it. I like it when he dies: "I'm mad at you." (his brother accidentally shot him) He then closes his eyes and says, "It's getting' dark." I'm sorry. I laughed my...I laughed. An Acadamy Award nominated scene it wasn't. Oh, the humanity! This movie was on last night. I KNOW it sucks, yet I watched it from start to finish. Why? I'm just a glutton for punishment. Lots of bloopers. An extensive off road chase with huge clouds of dust. Chuck gets away and goes to some broads house. Close up shows not a speck of dust on a freshly washed and waxed van. Check out when the trick van drives through a barn wall or fence. The wood is cardboard. When the town gets destroyed not one building has much more than plywood. Some were just a single false-front wall! Building codes in "Texas City"? Nope. Just trash. Like the movie. A great "UpChuck Inducer".

I love this movie

[asinyne · 10/10 · 8 July 2015]

Chuck Norris comes to town looking for his brother who has been brutalized by a bunch of crooked redneck jerks. Chuck systematically beats the freaking hello out of each and every one of them. What's not to like, this stuff is Dope man... You will love each and every ash kicking moment and there are lots of them. Chuck even gets in a bit of wise cracking along the way. I almost felt sorry for the bad guys...naw I didn't. This flick thrilled me, chilled me, and never bored me one iota. This is Chuck at his best and ranks right up there with Lone Wolf McQuade and Forced Vengeance as one of the very best butt kicking shows out there in movie land. A sure fire can't miss thrill ride right to the very end. Go for it.

Not Bad, But Not Good Either

[garyldibert · 7/10 · 24 February 2007]

This picture was made back in 1977 and I don't remember where I saw it at. This was a very young and very blonde Chuck Norris who played the role of John David Dawes. Also George Murdock plays the role of Judge Trimmings and terry O'Conner plays the role of Arlene. When John returns home he goes to see his brother who's riding a dirt bike. John brother Billy wants to drive a big rig and take a load of something somewhere. So John agrees to let Billy take a load gets to a small town in Texas. Billy gets into trouble with a Joshua Trimmings who's a crooked Judge that runs the small town. When John fines out that Billy never made it, he heads towards Texas to fine him. Breaker, Breaker, wasn't the best movie but it wasn't that bad. I give this movie 7 weasel stars basically for its action.

Stupid Redneck,Hillbilly, Karate Movie\

[deadzombie · 1/10 · 14 February 2012]

the stupidest, Trucker.karate,hillbilly,"movie" ever made. Chuck Norris with blonde hair. This phony movie made me ill. I am watching it now,but I don;t know how long I can take it. Awful,Bad,terrible acting,directing,any other category that you can think off. This makes rednecks look good, Chuck Norris could never act. He acts like he came from another planet and can not understand whats happening. I grade this one star.Its degrading sterotype.Hillbillys.truckers,Redneck,Cops..this movie is so bad I can't think of anymore words to describe it . Even in 1977 this would have been considered bad. I think that they tried to get on the same bandwagon as those "smokey and the Bandit movies which were equally stupid movies. But they had I little more story line and acting. this is just a complete stupid,moron movie.