Action Jackson

2/12/19881h 36m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ It's time for "Action". ~

Overview:

Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$7,000,000.00

Revenue:

$20,256,975.00

Key words:

showdown
drug addiction
suspicion of murder
boxer
suspension
organized crime
shootout
detroit, michigan
one against many
megalomaniac
maverick cop
framed for murder
bar fight
action hero

Cast

Carl Weathers

~ as ~

Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson

Craig T. Nelson

~ as ~

Peter Dellaplane

Vanity

~ as ~

Sydney Ash

Sharon Stone

~ as ~

Patrice Dellaplane

Thomas F. Wilson

~ as ~

Officer Kornblau

Robert Davi

~ as ~

Tony Moretti

Bill Duke

~ as ~

Capt. Earl Armbruster

Jack Thibeau

~ as ~

Detective Kotterwell

Roger Aaron Brown

~ as ~

Officer Lack

Stan Foster

~ as ~

Albert Smith

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Reviews (1)

JPV852
Written 5 year(s) ago
5
Poor man's action-comedy from the 80s tries so hard to make Carl Weathers a star and while he can have his charms, he's saddled with awful one-liners that even for the time were bad, and not at all funny. Rather thin story which is fine but the action/fights were basic and Weathers shared very little chemistry with Vanity, who might be cute but not a great actor. Craig T. Nelson as the villain could've been fun, however save for a scene or two, doesn't offer very much.

I can see why this didn't do very well at the box office (adjusted for ticket inflation, ~$38M) and Weathers didn't have much of a career (in theatrical features anyway) afterward. 2.25/5