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Action Jackson
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Action Jackson is a 1988 American action comedy film directed by Craig R. Baxley. Produced by Irwin Winkler and Joel Silver through Silver Pictures, the movie features Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone in the cast. The narrative is set in Michigan and includes themes involving drug addiction, suspicion of murder, and boxing. Herbie Hancock composed the score, while Bill Butler and Matthew F. Leonetti served as directors of photography.
The film has a runtime of 96 minutes and was distributed by Lorimar Television and Netflix via video on demand. It holds a review score of 4/10 and 19%, with a vote average of 5.507. Action Jackson was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Its budget was 7,000,000, resulting in a revenue of 20,256,975. The work is assessed using the Bechdel test.
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5.5Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Cast
- Carl Weathers as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
- Craig T. Nelson as Peter Dellaplane
- Vanity as Sydney Ash
- Sharon Stone as Patrice Dellaplane
- Thomas F. Wilson as Officer Kornblau
- Robert Davi as Tony Moretti
Themes
- showdown
- drug addiction
- suspicion of murder
- boxer
- suspension
- organized crime
- shootout
- detroit, michigan
- one against many
- megalomaniac
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Craig R. Baxley
- Cast member
- Michael McManus
- Composer
- Herbie Hancock
- Producer
- Joel Silver
- Production company
- Silver Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Matthew F. Leonetti
- Narrative location
- Michigan
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 881586
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1988-07-07
- title
- Action Jackson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Mark Helfrich
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 19%
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