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Action Jackson (1988)
Released By: Lorimar Home Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Lorimar Home Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Bill Duke, Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone, Thomas F. Wilson, Vanity
Published ID: 642
UPC: 012569081628,
Plot: Ex-football player Carl Weathers stars in this violent action film as Detroit policeman Jericho Jackson. The dedicated but brutal cop is plunged into nefarious doings concerning a crooked industrialist (Craig T. Nelson) and his drug-addicted girlfriend (pop-singer Vanity), breaking many people's bones before solving the case. Sharon Stone stands out in a cast of genre veterans including Nicholas Worth, Sonny Landham, and Robert Davi. Heavy on the sex and violence, this film harkens back to the glory days of 1970s blaxploitation, but is a bit too mean-spirited to be as much fun. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
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It's all good,but could be better.
Added 9/2/2009

The movie was okay but it could be better. The scene was good but they should do an uncut version to this movie. Vanity was hot and find as hell. Carl Weathers was alright when he played the part of Action Jackson. And Sharon Stone was okay to. They should remake this movie unrated. They should also have the full nudity in this film. I understand that this movie was made back in the days, but when they release this on DVD they should have remade this movie uncut. But other than that, this movie was alright with me. Thanks Amazon on demand.


De'Vear Small
Representing Decatur GA.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Taking me way back
Added 4/30/2009

So much fun watching this, that I forgot how long ago I have seen this movie.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
"Action Jackson" is a competently standard showcase for Carl Weathers' superhero cool...
Added 8/7/2008

Action is a proud man, a high-school track star, a dedicated cop, a sergeant who lost his lieutenant's stripes almost two years ago...

He jostles a conceited, two-faced, backstabbing mass murderer called Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson). Director Craig R. Baxley has not only carried it off, but makes you believe it... One must also give some of the credit to Carl Weathers whose erect muscular body and his charm and good looks give some credence to the heroics...

The picture contains fun, lots of action, and two sexy women...

Vanity looked so gorgeous when she was shot up with heroin...

Stone met her husband after his first wife died and his son went to prison... She thinks that he may seem greedy and arrogant but he remained loved by everyone, and the whole experience changed him... She also thinks that Jackson is not so different from her husband, that both are stubborn, and both intent on getting what they want...


2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Should have been a franchise for Weathers
Added 3/25/2008

I remeber seeing Action Jackson when I was seven years old and enjoying the movie like it was the best thing since sliced bread. I bouhgt the film on DVD back in 2003 and I enjoyed even more now and take for what it is a action comedy. Carl Weathers recalls Richard Roundtree's Shaft and Jim's Kelly Performance as Black Belt Jones. The film is full over the top and one that's for the guys.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
elementarily stupid and cliched to the extreme
Added 1/16/2007

childish screenplay with formulaic dialog, explosions, unnecessary nudity scenes, unnecessary clown-like keep-fainting pickpocket-bag snatching guy, unnecessary gun shooting scenes, song...ruined a lot of furniture, broke a lot of windows, unnecessary man-of-the-year award scene.....almost 80% of this movie could be deleted without hurting the super shallow and hollow childish movie. worse than reading a comic book. a total waste of the production fund which could do a lot good for the 3rd world countries.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
It's all good,but could be better.
Added 9/2/2009

The movie was okay but it could be better. The scene was good but they should do an uncut version to this movie. Vanity was hot and find as hell. Carl Weathers was alright when he played the part of Action Jackson. And Sharon Stone was okay to. They should remake this movie unrated. They should also have the full nudity in this film. I understand that this movie was made back in the days, but when they release this on DVD they should have remade this movie uncut. But other than that, this movie was alright with me. Thanks Amazon on demand.


De'Vear Small
Representing Decatur GA.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Taking me way back
Added 4/30/2009

So much fun watching this, that I forgot how long ago I have seen this movie.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
"Action Jackson" is a competently standard showcase for Carl Weathers' superhero cool...
Added 8/7/2008

Action is a proud man, a high-school track star, a dedicated cop, a sergeant who lost his lieutenant's stripes almost two years ago...

He jostles a conceited, two-faced, backstabbing mass murderer called Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson). Director Craig R. Baxley has not only carried it off, but makes you believe it... One must also give some of the credit to Carl Weathers whose erect muscular body and his charm and good looks give some credence to the heroics...

The picture contains fun, lots of action, and two sexy women...

Vanity looked so gorgeous when she was shot up with heroin...

Stone met her husband after his first wife died and his son went to prison... She thinks that he may seem greedy and arrogant but he remained loved by everyone, and the whole experience changed him... She also thinks that Jackson is not so different from her husband, that both are stubborn, and both intent on getting what they want...


2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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