Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition. Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for almost tearing the arm off of sexually violent sociopath Sean Dellaplane, whose father is Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer. But Dellaplane himself is violent as well. Dellaplane kills his wife Patrice by shooting her. And then he plants her body in Jackson's apartment, framing Jackson. Dellaplane won't miss Patrice very much, because he has a drug-addicted mistress named Sydney Ash. He keeps Sydney hooked with a free supply of heroin. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against local officials from the auto workers' union. Dellaplane's mission is to gain a political power base and choose the next president of the United States. Because of what happened to Dellaplane's son Sean, Dellaplane has taken a particular dislike to Jackson. Jackson gets Sydney's help in going after Dellaplane. This is a cheesy 80's action flick. It is another one of those movies that is so bad, it's actually good. It's not your typical 80's action movie, at least not completely. It tries to be hip and modern for young audiences, and still appeal to adults. It's got a MoTown Soundtrack and some Slasher movie style music. Action Jackson is an entertaining movie if your in the mood for something fun. Don't try to overanalyze it and you will enjoy it. Just saw this film again for the first time in 20 years and have to say I really enjoyed it I can't believe this movie has scored so low! What's wrong with you people? How somebody can dislike this film is beyond me - it's the perfect Friday night & beer movie. Great action scenes, great one liners Weathers playing it for fun & two really hot babes! Carl Weathers had the makings of a huge action star, what with Predator coming out around this time also, I don't understand what went wrong? Why didn't Vanity become a huge star too? The girl can sing, looks stunning & isn't too bad an actress - she should have become what Madonna became! This woman is incredibly gorgeous (and topless too - well done director).
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