Action Jackson

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Action Jackson
Action Jackson DVD Cover
Directed by	Craig R. Baxley
Produced by	Joel Silver Steve Perry
Written by	Robert Reneau
Starring	Carl Weathers Vanity Craig T. Nelson Sharon Stone
Music by	Herbie Hancock Michael Kamen
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by	Mark Helfrich
Distributed by	Lorimar Film Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 12, 1988
Running time	96 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Action Jackson is a 1988 action film, starring Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone, directed by Craig R. Baxley.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Detroit Police Detective, Sgt. 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.

Jackson has the help of a mistress of Peter Delleplane, a singer named Sydney Ash, who is a heroin addict. Jackson is framed for murdering Peter Delleplane's wife and is on the run from the police. He receives help from an informant and finds a way to get to Delleplane. The showdown leads to Jackson and Delleplane at the latter's mansion at the party of a Union Leader. Jackson wins the showdown, killing Delleplane; and he gets his job as a Lieutenant back as a result of this victory.