Action Jackson
Lorimar Film Entertainment | Release Date: February 12, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Action Jackson is a movie where some of the parts are good, but none of them fit and a lot of them stink. The movie tries for so many different effects in the course of its endless 94 minutes that I walked out feeling dizzy. Read full review
50
The New York TimesWalter Goodman
Crashing through are several raffish characters whose acting doesn't get in the way of the stunts. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
Flexploitation pure and simple -- nothing but savagery, sex and sinew. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Sometime stunt co-ordinator Baxley directs this feebly-scripted, sporadically exciting crime pic like a showpiece for his former speciality. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
First-class stunts, fine photography, and solid acting by Weathers and Vanity combine to lift this action film above its ludicrous story. Had the filmmakers not undermined the project with inane plot twists, unexplained motives, and absurd coincidences, this could have been a real winner. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
Weathers turns out to be a disappointingly weak lead whose low-key likability doesn't make up for his lack of anger and drive-crucial attributes for any action hero. And Baxley is surprisingly stingy with his action sequences. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
It's a generic action movie with more guns than brains, more car crashes than coherence and more opportunism than originality. [12 Feb 1988, p.21]
25
Miami HeraldHal Boedeker
Sitting through Action Jackson was like being dragged through a swamp of sick humor and nauseating violence. I needed a shower afterward. [18 Feb 1988, p.C4]
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John Allemang
The script (by Robert Reneau) is snappier than the movie deserves, and supplies a dose of wise-guy humor to director Craig R. Baxley's idiot version of James Bond Gets Down in Motown. [15 Feb 1988]
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