ACTION JACKSON (1988)

MORGAN'S RATING

Vengeance drives a tough Detriot cop nicknamed Action Jackson to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate, named Peter Dellaplane, who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Carl Weathers (Action Jackson), Craig T. Nelson (Peter Dellaplane), Vanity (Sydney Ash), Sharon Stone (Patrice Dellaplane), Thomas F. Wilson (Officer Kornblau), Bill Duke (Captain Armbruster), Robert Davi (Tony Moretti), Jack Thibeau (Detective Kotterwell), Roger Aaron Brown (Officer Lack), Stan Foster (Albert), Mary Ellen Trainor (Secretary), Ed O'Ross (Stringer), Bob Minor (Gamble), David Glen Eisley (Thaw), Dennis Hayden (Shaker), Al Leong (Dellaplane's Chauffeur), Miguel A. Ninez Jr. (Poolroom Thug #1).

STORMY WEATHERS BLOWS THROUGH MOTOWN.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: February 1988 (USA) BOX OFFICER RESULT: $20.2 million (USA) - 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. - Nominated for one 1989 Razzie Award for Worst Actress (Vanity).

DIRECTOR: Craig R. Baxley. WRITER: Robert Reneau. PRODUCER: Joel Silver. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Steve Perry. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Michael Kamen and Herbie Hancock.  DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Strictly standard B movie...plenty of explosions, car chases, corpses and noise." -- Leonard Maltin

"Action Jackson is a movie where some of the parts are good, but none of them fit and a lot of them stink." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

"Action Jackson is flexploitation pure and simple-- nothing but savagery, sex and sinew." -- Rita Kempley, Washington Post