Action Jackson (1988)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Writer:

Robert Reneau (written by)

Release Date:

12 February 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

NAME: Jericho Jackson NICKNAME: "Action" HOME: Detroit PROFESSION: Cop EDUCATION: Harvard Law HOBBY: Fighting Crime WEAPON: You're looking at 'em

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Power | Murder | Police | Union | Topless

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Carl Weathers	...	Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Craig T. Nelson	...	Peter Dellaplane
Vanity	...	Sydney Ash
Sharon Stone	...	Patrice Dellaplane
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Officer Kornblau
Bill Duke	...	Capt. Earl Armbruster
Robert Davi	...	Tony Moretti
Jack Thibeau	...	Detective Kotterwell
Roger Aaron Brown	...	Officer Lack
Stan Foster	...	Albert Smith
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Secretary
Ed O'Ross	...	Frank Stringer
Bob Minor	...	Gamble
David Glen Eisley	...	Thaw
Dennis Hayden	...	Shaker

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #28927) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2005) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Denver, Colorado, USA

Company:

Lorimar Film Entertainment

Trivia:

The car seen at the mansion, the Halley, is actually a 1987 Pontiac Fiero with body effects that make the car resemble a Ferrari Testarossa coupe.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jackson is on the roof of the taxi, the driver fires his gun through the roof making several holes. However, when the taxi crashes a few seconds later, there are no holes.

Quotes:

[turning a flamethrower on a bad guy]
Action Jackson: How do you like your ribs?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Wayans Bros.: Psycho Santa (#2.12)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

KEEPING GOOD LOVING

If action had a name it would be ACTION.... Jackson!

Some say he didn't even have a mother and he was created by NASA to be the first man to walk on the moon without a space suit, others say his mother was molested by a Yeti and he was their mutant offspring... Well their all wrong he's actually just the most bad ass cop in all of Mo-Town. And he's out to kick some serious posterior on Martial Arts, Gang Lord Craig T. Nelson (ABC's Coach) and his gang of Euro- Trash 80's Super Assigns. Carl Weathers is "Action" Jackson the Cop so bad the that he can beat the living cheese out of the crooks so badly that their ancestors will feel it 12 centuries from now. He knocks a giant fat guy through a door! He throws some guy out a window with such force that the sorry punk flies through the window of the building on the other side of the alleyway! He destroys a cab by flipping over it for Pete's Sake!!! Why do they call him Action? Do the Math Brainiac!!! SEE IT!!!