Very disappointed :(

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

An Exercise In Nonsense

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It was not a good movie...but that doesn't matter. OK, fine, it sort of matters now, but, honestly, it came out when I was 8.I saw it when I was 8, mainly because Carl Weathers was Apollo Creed from "Rocky" and one of the guys from "Predator" and I loved both of those movies so...mommy, daddy, let me see it, let me see it...And being the '80s when parents considered "Robocop" a child friendly film, of course I got to see it.And when you are 8 this movie is awesome and "Action Jackson" is a total hero and you are going to wait in line to see Action Jackson 2, and 3, and they never made any more because it wasn't that good to start with.None of that matters. Not when you are 8 and movies like this fit into the "Cop Adventure" mold...and "Action Jackson" fit perfectly into that. So kids like me loved it.And let's be totally honest like "Robocop" it was rated "R" and like so many other films in the '80s it was totally inappropriate for little kids to see--by today's standards--but back then movies like this were made for kids, made to appeal to little boys too.So honestly, it's an 80s kids movie that was made for adults and it sort of was just taken over by kids...falls under "Childhood Classic." And you can't rate movies from your childhood the same way that you do movies you like as an adult. Totally different standard. Kids movies should have kid movie ratings.It's a shame they don't do that anymore.

I love cheesy action movies. Not just the modern stuff like Expendables but some of the old ones modern audiences don't quite know much about. Stuff like Eraser, Cobra, Death Wish, and so on. The parts of the genre that were fantastic in the thrill of their heydey but haven't quite had a lasting impact with those youngins' like me today.Action Jackson is a terrible action movie.It's a real shame because it had a lot going for it. Good actors who can turn in solid performances, some star power on the heels of Rocky, and what seems to be a pretty decent budget. I've thought quite a bit about the points I can make on how they use a lot of telling not showing on building up the hero, the ungodly amount of exposition, and so on. But really... it can be summed up with one statement.In the movie Action Jackson... Action Jackson doesn't have a single action scene until 38 minutes until the movie.That's like an entire episode of "Sons of Anarchy." And the action scene isn't even good or built up to. It sort of comes out of nowhere and ends unceremoniously.I was hoping this movie would be a good old fashion action cheese fest. But it soooooo sloooooow. Maybe the movie got better after that. I couldn't tell ya, I fell asleep.

I'm sorry but this is a complete disaster from cool to laughable and made me quit watching the film because of Reanu's crappy writing of killing Sharon off of the film, what a dick. I first thought that Sharon would be the main villain but no it was The Incredible's Craig T. Nelson as the main villain, in which he frames Jackson (Carl Weathers) by Nelson killing his wife (played by Sharon Stone. This was something that got me interested when I was 7 or 8, until now, it was just so horrible, I'm taking this quote from Frank Yablans on the Electric Boogaloo: The Wild untold story of Cannon Films documentary how to describe "Action Jackson". "It was dry as a Saharan desert, it was awful". I liked Lorimar for Full House TV series, but this is just awful for giving us nothing but junk. What a piece of crap that it should've been owned by Sony not WB, and really, why did the DVD and Blu-ray covers of this film has Sharon stone in the background, she is killed early in the film, you dicks at Warner Brothers, you should've put Craig T Nelson in it. What such a dumb f**k

1988's Lethal Weapon, only more violent, Detective Jericho Jackson, a.k.a Action Jackson, (Carl Weathers) who lives up to his name, is at war with his most hated rival, Peter Dellaplane (Craig T Nelson). I'm glad Craig T. did this as he's superb as the arch villain, car magnate, killing off his competition, the way a person kills flies. From the exciting opening, the first two faces, instantly recognizable from the first Lethal Weapon. Ed O Ross, a great actor, is barbecued, literally, a human fireball, plunging many stories below, before the titles ensue, where we then see one of the most dumbest black robbers, ever captured on film. This film is indeed fun, I can't deny that. It's never boring, but what brains it does have, are seldom few. Officer Jackson, who was robbed of his Lieutenants stripes cause he got too physical with a kid, and nearly tore his arm, almost has us believe he's invincible, the way he lives danger, but no one's invincible. The kid was unfortunately Dellaplane's son who ended up in a mental home, hence the two rival's need for vengeance that runs high in this action pic. A few other faces pop up from Lethal Weapon too, and the different story I liked too. I remember taking my Mum to see it, where the next week I took my Dad to see Colors. She said it was good. But is a good movie, something, where a guy can outrun cabs, somersault over them, or where a thief faints in front of Jackson when learning prior of his hocus story, or just happening to show up in the same places our Jericho is. This isn't spose' to be serious. It's spose' to be action and comedy and this is where it excels. It's great to watch Carl Weathers and Craig T face off in the end. I love these moments where sworn hated enemies go at it, in the name of vengeance. The fantastic fun script for this, is something I'd love to have a read of, (take note of all the hip dialogue) where in the end, stupidity lets the movie down, but for action lovers, who don't mind the hot Vanity, doing some songs (Dellaplane's mistress) or Sharon Stone (Dellaplane's wife), this one is right up your alley.