ACTION JACKSON (1988)

 

Directed by: Craig R. Baxley

Starring: Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone, Bill Duke, Robert Davi, Jack Thibeau, Armelia McQueen, Stan Foster, Roger Aaron Brown, Thomas F. Wilson, Edgar Small, Chino "Fats" Williams, Prince A. Hughes, Frank McCarthy, De'Voreaux White, Dennis Hayden, David Glen Eisley, Bob Minor, David Efron, Brian Libby, Nicholas Worth, Branscombe Richmond, Miguel A. Nunez Jr, Richard L. Duran, Charles Meshack, Ken Belsky, Al Leong, Ed O'Ross, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jim Haynie, Alonzo Brown, Harri James, Ivor Barry, Michael McManus, John Lyons, Glenn R. Wilder, Steve Vandeman, Sonny Landham, James Lew, Matt Landers, Thomas Wagner, Norman D. Wilson

96 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, nudity, brief drug use)

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.