Action Jackson
“It's time for "Action".”
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Details
Release Date: 2/12/1988
Runtime: 96 minutes
Languages: French, English
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Budget: $7.0M
Revenue: $20.3M
Production
Companies: Silver Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment
Countries: United States of America
Where to watch · US
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JPV852
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't do very well at the box office (adjusted for ticket inflation, ~$38M) and Weathers didn't have much of a career (in theatrical features anyway) afterward. **2.25/5**
