J Jackson is a cop in Detroit who went to Harvard but for some strange reason became a cop. Years ago he put away a child molester and he did it so violently that it got him taken down to being a normal cop. Years later the crooked father of the child molester is being voted in as man of the year and Jackson has to come face to face with him. He knows he is up to no good and goes on the trail and soon has the wealthy mans goons as well as his own people in the police department after him. He gets in good with the bad guys wife as well as his mistress and he wont stop until justice is done.
I had seen this a few times and never thought it was hot, it has a decent story, great actors and a decent budget but it was just too mediocre to amount to much. Using the Carl Weathers fame to try to sell a legendary name like Action Jackson, was a gamble and the gamble backfired.
The movie had a ton of clichés and fast cars, gun fights, drugs, nudity, fist fights and all that often makes a film like this work, but it just didn't mix it together well.
The direction and production was okay, but nothing outstanding. Great actors like Carl Weathers, Craig T Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone, Bill Duke, Robert Davi and that little Asian guy who was a thug on 4000 movies in the 80's and 90's.
I hated the bad music, I hated the clichés like the done to death top of the car scene where the hero holds on to the car in a high speed chase is shot at but always missed...it's done all the time.
If you don't mind seeing mediocre then this is your film - 2/10 stars
I had seen this a few times and never thought it was hot, it has a decent story, great actors and a decent budget but it was just too mediocre to amount to much. Using the Carl Weathers fame to try to sell a legendary name like Action Jackson, was a gamble and the gamble backfired.
The movie had a ton of clichés and fast cars, gun fights, drugs, nudity, fist fights and all that often makes a film like this work, but it just didn't mix it together well.
The direction and production was okay, but nothing outstanding. Great actors like Carl Weathers, Craig T Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone, Bill Duke, Robert Davi and that little Asian guy who was a thug on 4000 movies in the 80's and 90's.
I hated the bad music, I hated the clichés like the done to death top of the car scene where the hero holds on to the car in a high speed chase is shot at but always missed...it's done all the time.
If you don't mind seeing mediocre then this is your film - 2/10 stars