Action Jackson (1988)
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(Foreign Titles)
Acció Jackson [Catalan]
Acción Jackson [Spanish]
Action Jackson - Assä Hihassa [Finnish]
Action Jackson - Homem de Acção [Portuguese]
Akcija Džekson [Serbian]
Akció Jackson [Hungarian]
Akcný Jackson [Slovak]
Dinamit Jackson [Croatian]
Jackson, a Vadállat [Hungarian]
Kizgin [Turkish]
Ryžtingasis Džeksonas [Lithuanian]
Szalony Jackson [Polish]
To Xespasma tou Batsou [Greek]
Tagline(s): | It's Time For "Action" |
| NAME: Jericho Jackson
NICKNAME: "Action"
HOME: Detroit
PROFESSION: Cop
EDUCATION: Harvard Law
HOBBY: Fighting Crime
WEAPON: You're looking at 'em |
Nomination Year: 1995
SYNOPSIS: Carl Weathers is a mad-as-hell Detroit cop who fights against his rich, suave, drug-dealing arch-nemesis (played by Craig T. Nelson). As you can no doubt glean from the title, there's a lot of action.
Bryan Cassidy
Smithee Award Nominations
"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw" |
Maybe It Was Suicide In the very first scene of the movie, a lone businessman is working late in his high-rise office. Suddenly, a troop of ninja commandos attacks, smashing through the windows and doors. Through the mist of the ninja smokescreen, the poor guy fumbles for his handgun, but is easily disarmed by an unseen assailant. The attackers proceed to kick his ass six ways from Sunday, playing a cruel cat-and-mouse game until he's backed against the hallway window. Clearly this fight is about as much a mismatch as Evander Holyfield versus Stephen Hawking, yet to finish the guy off, one of the ninja assassins whips out...a rocket launcher. BOOM! They not only take out the whole floor, but the poor guy's flaming corpse drops twenty stories through the glass atrium of a restaurant. That'll teach him.
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Directors
Director |
Claim to Fame |
Craig R. Baxley |
Stunt Coordinator for TV's "The A-Team"
and "The Dukes of Hazzard." Directed
Action Jackson, Deep
Red, and two epidsodes of "The
Lost Room." |
Cast
Actor |
Character |
Claim to Fame |
Carl Weathers |
"Action" Jackson |
Blaxploitation badass and Apollo Creed in
the Rocky films. |
Craig T. Nelson |
Peter Dellaplane |
The Dad in Poltergeist, TV's
"Coach," and above all, Mr. Incredible in
The Incredibles! |
Vanity |
Sydney Ash |
Canadian supermodel and lead of the all-
girl group "Vanity 6." |
Sharon Stone |
Patrice Dellaplane |
Beautiful and controversial A-List
actress with lots of credits. We saw
more of her than intended in
Basic Instinct. |
Thomas F. Wilson |
Officer Kornblau |
Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford
"Mad Dog" Tannen in the Back to the
Future franchise. |
Bill Duke |
Captain Armbruster |
Tough "my ancient eyes have seen too
much" black guy in several
Schwarzenegger
films; Agent Percy Odell on "Black
Lightning." |
Robert Davi |
Tony Moretti |
From the opera-singing baddie in
The
Goonies to Agent Big Johnson in
Die
Hard to Showgirls
to
Stargate: Atlantis, he's
spread his acting all over the place. |
Jack Thibeau |
Detective Kotterwell |
"Bugs" Moran on 1993's "The
Untouchables," Clarence Anglin in
Escape from Alcatraz, and
McCaskey in Lethal
Weapon...to here. |
Roger Aaron Brown |
Officer Lack |
Danny Grant on "The Days of Our Lives"
and Deputy Chief Joe Noland on "The
District," as well as narrating "The
LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary
Dancers." |
Al Leong |
Chauffeur |
Quite often plays the token dirty long-
haired Asian. Was Uli in Die
Hard, Genghis Khan in Bill
and Ted's Excellent Adventure
and a hatchetman in Big Trouble
in Little China. |
Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. |
Poolroom Thug #1 |
Was TV's "Sparks." |
Jim Haynie |
Morty Morton |
Has appeared in dozens of good-quality films
(The Peacemaker,
Silverado, Pretty in
Pink, 48 Hrs., Time
After Time), often as a cop. |
Chino "Fats" Williams |
Kid Sable |
Lots of bit parts in some very famous
movies. |
James Lew |
Martial Arts Instructor |
Plays a lot of martial arts instructors.
And Kung-fu zombies. |
Nicholas Worth |
Cartier |
Hulking actor who tends to play villains
and heavies. |
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