Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Tom Wilson
- Officer Kornblau
- (as Thomas F. Wilson)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaCarl Weathers came up with the idea for the film on the set of Predator (1987), during conversations with producer Joel Silver about their shared love of 1970s blaxploitation films. The title was born after Weathers spoke to an Australian crew member about the project. To indicate his interest in working on the film, the crew member said, "I'm in like Action Jackson." Predator costars Bill Duke and Sonny Landham also appear in this film.
- GoofsWhen Jackson is on the roof of the taxi, the driver fires his gun through the roof, making several holes. When the taxi crashes a few seconds later, there are no holes.
- Quotes
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 Whacks.
- Alternate versionsUK cinema and video versions were cut by 9 secs to remove shots of a butterfly knife being twirled and a topless woman's stabbed body due to the BBFC's strict guidelines on knife violence at that time. Only in 2024 was the uncut version granted a 15 rating from the BBFC.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
- SoundtracksHe Turned Me Out
Performed by The Pointer Sisters
Written by LeMel Humes (as Lemel Humes) and Mary Lee Kortes
Produced by Richard Perry
© 1987 MCA Music, Inc. / Warner-Tamerlane Music Corp. All rights reserved.
Courtesy of RCA Records
Featured review
An underrated addition to the action genre that's an absolute must see
Action Jackson (1988) is a movie in my DVD collection that I recently watched on HBOMAX. The storyline follows a Detroit police officer on the case of a power hungry business man whose business illegally eliminates the competition, moves drugs and he has visions of political power. The business man also wants revenge on the officer for ripping his sons arm off when he was caught for sexual assault. The case will lead the police officer right into the waiting arms of the business man who will try and get his revenge.
This movie is directed by Craig R. Baxley (Twilight Man) and stars Carl Weathers (Predator), Craig T. Nelson (Coach), Vanity (The Last Dragon), Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct), Bill Duke (Predator), Ed O'Ross (Red Heat), and Robert Davi (Die Hard).
This movie has everything an action genre fan would want in a movie. This has a tremendous cast with a muscle bound hero with great one liners, a worthwhile villain that takes martial arts classes and two smoking hot ladies in Sharon Stone and Vanity. There's nude scenes, tremendous action sequences and a police officer that will do anything to solve the case - kill, vandalize or blow stuff up. The shootouts and shotgun scenes are a lot of fun. My only complaint would be some of the hand to hand fight scenes were just okay.
Overall, this is an underrated addition to the action genre that's an absolute must see. I would score this a 7/10 and strongly recommend it.
This movie is directed by Craig R. Baxley (Twilight Man) and stars Carl Weathers (Predator), Craig T. Nelson (Coach), Vanity (The Last Dragon), Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct), Bill Duke (Predator), Ed O'Ross (Red Heat), and Robert Davi (Die Hard).
This movie has everything an action genre fan would want in a movie. This has a tremendous cast with a muscle bound hero with great one liners, a worthwhile villain that takes martial arts classes and two smoking hot ladies in Sharon Stone and Vanity. There's nude scenes, tremendous action sequences and a police officer that will do anything to solve the case - kill, vandalize or blow stuff up. The shootouts and shotgun scenes are a lot of fun. My only complaint would be some of the hand to hand fight scenes were just okay.
Overall, this is an underrated addition to the action genre that's an absolute must see. I would score this a 7/10 and strongly recommend it.
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- kevin_robbins
- Feb 24, 2023
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Джексон на прізвисько Мотор
- Filming locations
- 380 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA(exteriors: Dellaplane's mansion)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,256,975
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,424,783
- Feb 15, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $20,256,975
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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