Though it may look like a rip off of Beverly Hills Cop on the surface, Action Jackson is actually a lot of fun, mainly due to Weathers in the lead, he's charismatic, he has a good sense of humour and he handles the film's few dramatic moments well, the film also has a nice sense of humour to it with most of the film's one liners making me laugh more often than they normally would plus there were some moments that made me smile and some good action scenes as well.
But what really makes this film stand tall for me is the cast, not only do you have Weathers you also have Nelson, Sharon Stone in an early role, Bill Duke, Tom Wilson, Al Leong, Robert Davi and Sonny Landham in small roles and heck even the guy that played Argyle the limo driver in the first Die Hard shows up for a brief cameo.
Sadly however there is a big weak link in this movie and that is the role played by Vanity, whenever she appears on screen the film drags to the point where it almost dies as she just doesn't hold her own very well against Weathers or the rest of the cast and its a real shame too as this film has a lot going for it as well but as they say you can't win them all.
So all in all, this is a fun underrated little action flick that had it not been for its leading lady might have done a lot better than it actually did when released in 88 though it is easy to see why many might have dismissed it back then especially as the original Die Hard came out that year as well, oh well I had fun with this film and I'm sure others will too, 3 out of 5.
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