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Action Jackson

Action Jackson

1988
R
96 min
Action Comedy Crime

Plot Summary

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.

5.6
IMDb Rating
19%
Rotten Tomatoes
36
Metacritic
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Ratings & Reviews

5.6
IMDb Rating
19%
Rotten Tomatoes
36
Metacritic

Technical Details

96 min
Runtime
12 Feb 1988
Release Date
R
Content Rating
Movie
Content Type
1988
Year
Genres
Action Comedy Crime

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User Reviews

JPV852

JPV852

5.0/10
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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...

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Technical Info
12 Feb 1988
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