Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney... (Full plot summary below)
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Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney Ash. He keeps Sydney hooked with a free supply of heroin. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against local officials from the auto workers' union. Dellaplane's mission is to gain a political power base and choose the next president of the United States. Because of what happened to Dellaplane's son Sean, Dellaplane has taken a particular dislike to Jackson. Jackson gets Sydney's help in going after Dellaplane.
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| Chicago TribuneDave KehrWeathers turns out to be a disappointingly weak lead whose low-key likability doesn't make up for his lack of anger and drive-crucial attributes for any action hero. And Baxley is surprisingly stingy with his action sequences. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John AllemangSometime stunt co-ordinator Baxley directs this feebly-scripted, sporadically exciting crime pic like a showpiece for his former speciality. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyFlexploitation pure and simple -- nothing but savagery, sex and sinew. |
| The New York TimesWalter GoodmanCrashing through are several raffish characters whose acting doesn't get in the way of the stunts. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonAction Jackson is a movie where some of the parts are good, but none of them fit and a lot of them stink. The movie tries for so many different effects in the course of its endless 94 minutes that I walked out feeling dizzy. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergMindless 80's action schlock. Fun only if you already know it's junk, but dig it anyway. |
| User ReviewBen RThis 1988 action movie is a classic! You had a lot of stars in this movie! You had Carl Weathers, Vanity, Sharon Stone, Bill Duke, Al Leong, Craig T. Nelson, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Sonny Landham, Charles Meshack, Brian Libby(from the movie Silent Rage starring Chuck Norris as the unstoppable silent killer). |
| User ReviewNicky NCarl Weathers, Sharon Stone and Craig T. Nelson star in this action and comedy spectacular. Carl Weathers plays Sgt. Jericho Jackson or what people like to call him "action Jackson" who is a tough detroit cop who going after auto tycoon Peter Tellaplane who is scheming to murder his way into politics. I always liked Carl Weathers and to see him in a action and comedy movie of this caliber is totally fun. With a mixture of witty humor and alot of great action this movie is plenty enjoyable. Great job by the entire cast for making this movie so entertaining. Pretty much most of the cast lend a hand in making the movie humorous. There seemed to be Plenty of one liners to go around. If it's a movie with great humor and action then Action Jackson is your cup of tea. |
| User ReviewD MEasily one of the best action films of the 80s. Legendary actor Carl Weathers stars as Jericho "Action" Jackson, a cop who is investigating a corrupt Detroit industrialist when Sharon Stone shows up and Vanity sings a song or two. Like scenes involving testicles in jars with a strong Jesus message? This film is the one you're looking for! |
| User ReviewMark G:fresh: :fresh: :fresh: :fresh: :fresh: [font=Comic Sans MS][size=3]I'm recomending this one just for the tittle alone. I guess they just didn't want to remake "Shaft" at the time. Craig T. Nelson is a great bad guy.[/size][/font] |
