Action Jackson (1988)

 

Release Date: February 12, 1988

Director: Craig R. Baxley

Writer(s): Robert Reneau

Starring: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity  

Estimated budget: $7,000,000

U.S. Box office: $20,256,975 

 

Due to the use of excessive force in arresting a sexual predator, Detective Lt. Jericho "Action" Jackson (Carl Weathers) is demoted to police sergeant. What's worse, the father of the man he roughed up, Detroit industrialist Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson), declares war on Jackson, framing him for the murder of his own wife, Patrice (Sharon Stone). But Jericho manages to elude arrest and, with the help of a drug-addicted singer named Sydney (Vanity), goes after Dellaplane.