"Action Jackson" is a
1988 action film directed by
Craig R. Baxley and starring
Carl Weathers,
Vanity,
Craig T. Nelson, and
Sharon Stone. The 18th film produced by
Lorimar, the film was released by
Lorimar Film Entertainment on
February 12,
1988.
Plot
Detroit Police Detective and Sergeant Jericho Jackson, known as "Action Jackson", was a Lieutenant in the police force but demoted because of a case he headed involving the son of businessman Peter Delleplane. After his demotion, "Action Jackson" begins investigating murders of Union members for "Delleplane," the company of Jackson's nemesis Peter Delleplane. Delleplane, it is discovered, is murdering his way to power, hiring assassins to kill unfriendly Union members.