ACTION JACKSON(1988)
Carl Weathers plays Sgt. Jericho Jackson, better known as
Action Jackson! Craig T. Nelson, the bad guy. He is the
reason Jackson is no longer a Leiutenant. They lock horns
throughout the whole movie! A lot of "action" and killing!
Not terrible, but could use a coharent plot!
Some nudity! C+
From Amazon.com:
Having built a name for himself playing Apollo Creed in the
Rocky movies, Carl Weathers hoped to launch his own action-hero
franchise as the wishfully named Action Jackson. But this first film
never took off and it turned into a one-movie series. Weathers
plays Jackson, a police sergeant so nicknamed because he always
seems to be where the action is. He runs afoul of an evil auto
magnate (Craig T. Nelson), who promptly sets about putting
Jackson in the middle of a jackpot for murder. Jackson springs
himself from jail and goes on the run, aided by
junkie-with-a-heart-of-gold Vanity, before bringing Nelson to
justice. Weathers is an impressive specimen but an indistinct
personality (though he can handle a one-liner), and he's overmatched
against fire-breathing villain Nelson. --Marshall Fine