Action Jackson (1988)

Actors: Carl Weathers (actor), Thomas F. Wilson (actor), Craig T. Nelson (actor), Branscombe Richmond (actor), Ed O'Ross (actor), James Lew (actor), Bob Minor (actor), Bill Duke (actor), Jim Haynie (actor), Sonny Landham (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (actor), Robert Davi (actor), Sharon Stone (actress), Nicholas Worth (actor),

Plot: 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.

Keywords: action-hero, african-american, anti-hero, b-movie, bar-brawl, bar-fight, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, blaxploitation
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller,
Taglines: NAME: Jericho Jackson NICKNAME: "Action" HOME: Detroit PROFESSION: Cop EDUCATION: Harvard Law HOBBY: Fighting Crime WEAPON: You're looking at 'em It's Time For "Action"

Quotes:

Peter Dellaplane: Murder is a tool!

Officer Kornblau: So what's your name?::Albert: A-Albert. A-Albert Smith.::Officer Lack: Albert, your mother and father weren't by any chance brother and sister, were they?::Albert: Hey man, what's gon' happen to me?::Officer Kornblau: Oh, nothing. Uh, wel-nothing much, uh... you might have to endure a little session with, uh, Action Jackson.::Albert: Wh-who's Axon...?::Officer Lack: *Action*, Albert. *Action Jackson*.::Officer Kornblau: Yeah, some say he didn't even have a mother. That some researchers at NASA created him to be the first man to walk on the moon without a space suit.::Officer Lack: Mm-hmm.::Officer Kornblau: Others say his mother was molested by Bigfoot and, uh, Jackson is their mutant offspring.::Officer Lack: They bring in Jackson when they want to re-educate some young ne'er-do-well such as yourself, Albert.::Officer Kornblau: Yeah, I remember one kid got re-educated so bad, his testicles climbed back up into his belly. Wouldn't come out.::Officer Lack: They called it a medical miracle.::Officer Kornblau: Yeah. Another kid, handcuffed to a chair; gnawed his own hand off like a trapped skunk, or wolverine, or somethin'.

Officer Kornblau: It was a regular fuck-o-rama at my place last night.::Officer Lack: Can the shit, Kornblau. There ain't been any pussy at your pad since your mother helped you move in. They oughta call your place the House of Wax.

[turning a flamethrower on a bad guy]::Action Jackson: How do you like your ribs?

Peter Dellaplane: You have this nickname - what is it, excitement, enthusiasm, esprit de corps-::Action Jackson: [cutting off Dellaplane] -It's ACTION!

Officer Lack: Have you ever had your head forcibly rammed up your ass?::Officer Kornblau: uh, no::Officer Lack: Well mark your calendar...that day's coming!

Officer Kornblau: That's one dead piece of shit car builder!

Capt. Earl Armbruster: Just because Dellaplane had a few family problems...::Action Jackson: The man's son is a sexual psychopath! If I had family problems like that, I'd have myself neutered.::Capt. Earl Armbruster: You almost tore that boy's arm off!::Action Jackson: So? He had a spare.

Action Jackson: Mellow out.