This was a vanity project by auteur, Tom Laughlin. He wrote, directed, produced AND starred in this film--and it's amazing that anyone let him do any of these duties in the future because it's THAT bad. In fact, the film apparently sat for five years before it was released...because it's THAT bad! The film begins with a bang--Laughlin's character is in church and he's screaming at God and cursing Him. This was very powerful and you assume the film would be a strong film...which it isn't. It just peters out very quickly and Laughlin so underplays the role, it's like watching Billy Jack...in a coma! He soon meets up with the priest from this church and apologizes to him for destroying some property and then, in an excruciatingly long flashback scene tells the man what led to his awful state...and the film soon goes downhill from here. The story is dull but made MUCH worse by amateurish acting and direction that seems non-existent. A few of the performances (such as the 190 year-old teacher) are WORSE than the stuff you'd see in an Ed Wood film--it was that bad. As the film limped along I kept waiting for something, ANYTHING exciting to happen...but it didn't. Just lots of over and under-acting as well as a glacially slow plot. How can you make a 'youth run wild' film THIS boring?!