Action Jackson

Action Jackson (1988)

  • 10% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 30% of users liked it
    (10,870 ratings)

Ex-football player Carl Weathers stars in this violent action film as Detroit policeman Jericho Jackson. The dedicated but brutal cop is plunged into nefarious doings concerning a crooked industrialist (Craig T. Nelson) and his drug-addicted girlfriend (pop-singer Vanity), breaking many people's… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Robert Scott Reneau
Genres
Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Feb 12, 1988 Wide
Lorimar Film Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Gregory Weinkauf, New Times

    You call that 'Action'?

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    So, so bad, it's hardly worth mentioning.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Mindless 80's action schlock. Fun only if you already know it's junk, but dig it anyway.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    I love these 80's henchmen with their black outfits, mullets and inability to shoot straight. Add to that some extremely over the top action sequences and a large piece of wood in the form of Weathers and there you have it, a perfect 80's action film. This film is your… More

  • Cassie H


    I had just started liking Carl Weathers after I first started watching him in the Rocky movies.Boy,did my opinnion of him become greater,but I realize after his great acting in the Rocky movies as Apollo Creed,his acting as Jericho "Action" Jackson is PHONOEMENAL!!!

  • Dean M


    Average furious action of a black cop trying to nail the professional and evil gang.

  • Miriam K


    one for the worst of list...

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