Action Jackson - Good Bad Flicks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Good Bad Flicks takes a look at the action movie classic Action Jackson. Directed by Craig R. Baxley.
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This is back when Sharon Stone could stop traffic... across the entire galaxy.
yeah, agree 100%
Vanity looked better.
@@improbablyyourdad8458 Either way, you've hit the jackpot if you appreciate beautiful women.
@@improbablyyourdad8458 Yep, Vanity was GORGEOUS.
Total Recall was when the galaxy stopped...for a few minutes😊...and my Highway was cleared.
It's a shame weathers never became a bigger action star.
You can blame Siskel and Ebert for that. They trashed it.
Everyone has a hardon for those two, but they were horrible assholes.
@@schmooza6812 I find it interesting that, when the original Japanese cut of Godzilla was shown in the US for it's fiftieth anniversary, it was lauded by critics for it's subtext and historic significance... Except for Ebert, who's review basically said "I mean sure its important, but the effects look fake."
I can respect what he did for his impact on film criticism, but MAN were his reasons whack sometimes.
schmooz a This was a crap movie. Don’t blame critics for telling the truth. YOU CANT HANDLE DA TROOF!
@@schmooza6812 I never blame the critics i blame the DUMB SHEEP that blindly follow others people opinions instrad of creating their own
@@schmooza6812 I never really liked them as film critics. They were so goofy!!!!!!!
"How do you like your ribs?" One of my favorite one liners!!
Mine is: "You ripped his arm off."
Jackson: "He had a spare!"
Shit. Ya beat me to it.
@@DiarraHarrisI use that line since I was a kid and first saw it.
When Sharon Stone gets 4th billing... that means this has to be amazing!
AND BIFF TANNEN!?!?!? AND COACH?!?!
Why have I never watched this yet?
Least now you know of it's greatness! Besides, you probably just from a younger generation, right?
@@RKrk-jj2li
'83
Sharon Stone wasn’t yet a star. She didn’t even get 4th billing when this came out.
@@fearanarchy you have no excuse, dude. Lol you totally old enough to have known of this movie hahaha
@@fearanarchy fuck bro I was born in 84 and already an 80s action aficionado by the time this came out. My pops put me on to all the 80s classics.
Action Jackson, 'bout time! This should have taken off into a franchise for Carl. And Vanity was too fine!
Droopy Johnson Sadly, it will likely take his passing, for Weathers to get the accolades he deserved in life.
@@cjwrench07 Sad isn't it? He should've been up there with Sly and Annie. Creed should've come out right after Rocky 3 with the real Creed.
Sorry Arnie. You know auto correct.
I mistakenly thought "Hurricane Smith" was marketed as the spiritual sequel to Action Jackson. Good to know it was actually "Dangerous Passion"
Yeah Carl, needs more respect. I've not watched anything he has done and not been impressed. He should have been, well the black Arnold, at the very least. In my mind though Carl is actually the better actor. He could be serious without being super cheesy if that makes an kind of sense.
R.I.P to Actor, Carl Weathers. 🕯️🙏🏾🕊️
Carl Weathers is the man!!!
"For every action..." (some guy in a movie)
"There is a Jackson." - Mike Nelson
OMG this was one of my fave movies growing up. My dad looks just like Carl Weathers and I've called him Action Jackson ever since. I just had to click on this one as soon as it popped up! I'm still waiting for you to do Fast Forward and awesomely bad dance movie from 1985. Keep rolling these out. I look forward to your uploads!
I loved Fast Forward!! Directed by the legendary Sidney Poitier!!
This is my shit still!!
Did your dad do „the handshake“ too?
I saw Fast Forward in the theater, but haven't seen it since. I totally forgot about that movie until I read this. How well does it hold up?
My boxing coach looked a bit like Carl here.
'I just did a movie where I got killed by my own fart' is freaking hilarious
Yeah, lol, what was the name of said movie?
@@brandonpage7087 might have been Raw Deal
@@brandonpage7087 Might have been Raw Deal.
@@KeredCross Nope. Davi got shot in a cemetery.
@@brandonpage7087 I think the movie is called Traxx. I looked up Robert Davi's filmography and I think Traxx is the movie because it also features Willard Pugh, who is the guy in the bandana watching him as he farts in the car.
Never mind the Predator re-union, how many Die hard cast members are in this lol Robert Davi, Mary Ellen trainor, Dennis Hayden, Al Leong and Devereaux white
I was thinking the SAME thing!
Yes, I immediately caught that myself along with a Lethal Weapon reunion with Mary Ellen Trainor, Ed O'Ross, Al Leong, and Jack Thibeau.
TBH, Al Leong was pretty much in EVERY bad@ss action movie made in the late 80s - early 90s.
:)
And the Glenn Frey lookalike that gets blown up with the grenade launcher. He was the guy John McClane shot last in Die Hard.
@@ShadeDraws Yeah, that would be Dennis Hayden lol
Growing up, we had several video rental stores in town. BTB House of Video was the only place that had a VHS copy of this flick. The super nice manager lady (who always gave me posters) told me I was one of the very few to rent it repeatedly.
Oh yes, the good rental employees. There was a video rental right next to where I lived, just around the corner, and since the owner already knew my parents, he would let me pick violent action movies like Terminator and First Blood. As you expected, that video store is no more...
Those were the days. Being a 90s teenager was awesome. Me and my friends used to hire movies every friday after school. Our local video store had seven weeklys for five bucks!!!! We used to hire movies like this, The Exterminator, Silent Night Deadly Night etc. Good times.
Are you that guy?
"It's been a day!!! Withdrawal hasn't even remotely set in!!!"
Hilarious so true 😂
“He had a spare!” -Action Jackson
I really, really enjoy this movie. A great encapsulation of the amazing stuff the '80s had in abundance. And, honestly, I think Carl Weathers is a criminally underappreciated actor.
ME TOO JUST A GREAT ENTERTAINING MOVIE
A lot of DIE HARD actors in this: Dennis Hayden, Robert Davi, Al Leong.
And don't forget De'voreaux White.
And Mary Ellen Trainor too - I think there are five Die Hard actors in this in total
Also De'voreaux White,the limo driver - Argyle.
@@shimma25 Can't believe I forgot to mention her!
@@NicklausLouis She passed away a couple of years ago. :(
One of the major positives that THE MANDALORIAN gave us was reminding and reintroducing the world to Carl Weathers, an awesome yet underused actor who I hope we see more of in the near future. Thanks so much for this review!
I was so disappointed in the 90s when he got comedy roles like in Happy Gilmore. Hollywood has been so unfair to him. He faded into anonymity until The Mandalorian.
11:40 - They say there's two kinds of 80's movies.
The kind that has an Al Leong cameo, and the kind where the Al Leong cameo hasn't been spotted yet.
Ha ha ha class :)
Al Leong is one of my favorite stuntmen/character actors, it's a crime he doesn't have his own "Machete" type film.
And he always gets wasted by the star of the film.
I suspect he's easily got Sean Bean beat for onscreen deaths.
He even has a bit part as one of the rebels in the alleyway shootout sequence in They Live.
That was great! I love Action Jackson. Not many mainstream action movies of the 80s had a black male lead. And it was good to see Weathers survive after getting wasted in 2 80's blockbusters Rocky 4 and Preadator!
Incredibly underrated 80s action staple. This, Commando and Showdown in Little Tokyo may just be three craziest big budget action movies of the era.
Commando is hands down my favourite Arnie film.
Oh man I loved this as a kid. I would show my friends and they had never heard of it. Another good one is Blind Fury
Definitely. RIP Rutger Hauer. Probably the best european actor in hollywood.
I was actually going to watch this movie this weekend anyways but now I really want to see this and Blind Fury
That's the one with the "fuckin' thing is cursed!" guy cutting himself stupidly touching a sword, right?
"I need all the memorable actors from Predator. No, not you, Governors."
Stephen Bush A secret VanDamme cameo would have been a great nod to Predator.
Since JCVD was going to be The Predator, when they were going to use CGI, and not a suit. Until he quit when he found out his face, even cgi modified, was never going to be on screen.
@@cjwrench07 JCVD he still played as Arnie's stunt double when the Predator self destructs
TAHOKMUSIC I didn’t know that part.
I assumed that was his regular stunt double. You know the guy who always plays a bad guy in his own roles.
Top marks for you, Mr. Bush
“That Ferrari is built like a tank!”
Because it’s a Pontiac Fiero...with a body kit.
Makes me wonder: what sort of person shows up at a black tie dinner in a fake Ferrari (a Fauxrrari , if you will)?
I do it all the time in my fake Lambo (Trovare). Of course, it’s in the shop. So I’m just chilling in this Mexican restaurant run by a nice couple. Might order the Tijuana Torpedo.
I think they ripped off Robocop with the fake supercar.
@@Activated_Complex I always wanted a 70s Brazilian kit car. But tough regulations here in Australia make them hard to import and compliance costs are high.
The kind of person who knows it will be driven up stairs :D
Well to be fair he did call it a "not-Ferrari" first.
Carl Weather's, a very underrated and good actor
Finally! We loved this movie growing up! Three words..Vanity Vanity Vanity. Rae Dawn Chung was hot but Vanity was hot lava! Carl was the man!
Crazy she actually gave Nikki Sixx a run for his $$
This movie is actually a biopic on the life of William Shakespeare. 😲
Sydney A
I expected a standing ovation
Peter D
You're getting one
In my George Taki voice "ooooohh."
Saw this probably 30 times and somehow I still missed that was Bif!!!!!
"I warned you about the language!!!" RIP Vanity❤❤❤. RIP Sonny Landham. Side Note- Sharon Stone was so beautiful. Wow. Update: RIP Carl Weathers💯
Sharon still looks pretty hot for a 60-year old
@@DrQuagmire1 you're right
RIP Carl Weather
Craig T. Nelson can play a solid villain. He ended up playing the ultimate villain in the best TV detective show ever, Monk.
Vanity was absolutely beautiful. Tragic how she turned her life around to only have her past catch up to her to end it. R.I.P. Denise Matthews.
Cecil, you clairvoyant BAMF, you! Oh no you did not just do Action Jackson! I was JUST thinking about this movie!
TH-cam needs to add a way to like a video more than once. There is some gold in this one.
An overlooked gem... I love this movie.
During the era of the vhs, my friends and I would pause/frame by frame the scene where Delaplane gets shot. Then we'd try to explain would kind of bullet would do that to a chest, then we realized that it must have been Jackson's own aura of badassness that fueled the bullet to rail gun velocity. So in essence, Jackson made the bullet go Super Saiyan. Seems legit.
Loved this film as a kid, still do. Gave me the best villains I can think of for an action movie. Incidentally I heard Craig T Nelson does have a background in taekwondo and in the movie the Osterman Weekend he plays a martial artist too. If anything this movie has great fight scenes especially the end where you get a mixture of boxing versus martial arts - although it also has other surprises thrown in it.
Rip Carl. Fabulous movie, he's awesome in my favorite film, predator, and he's a scene stealer in arrested development. Thank you for the memories, good sir!
I bloody love this film. More people need to be aware of it. And now I want to rewatch I come in peace as well.
" don't mess with old black women " lmao. Isn't that the truth😂👈🏽. Hell of a review brother 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
One of my all-time favorites.
Nothing like a GoodBadFlicks episode to cheer me up. This is HILARIOUS and COOL AF.
I remember watching this movie as a young kid in the 80s. Great movie.
I'm so happy you're back, you're my absolute favorite TH-camr
Thanks!
Aaaaaah! No way?! Such a underrated gem! Thank you GBF.
Loved seeing this in the theater when it came out. Still watch it once a year. Carl Weathers should have had a sequel and a bigger action career.
"Damn it Jackson! You're a loose cannon! Hand in your badge and gun now!"
So cliche 80s!!!!!
@@silvervalleystudios2486 Look, it has to be in a movie like that. No police chief in cop action movie could avoid that line.
I think the best line in the movie is "Hello! I'm Mister ED!"
I cracked up at that line when I first heard it, and I wasn't familiar with the sitcom.
The Invisible Men could learn a thing or two from the Predator.
The new Invisible Man movie in theaters this Spring 2020.
This was the first 18 (hard R) movie I was ever allowed to see on video with my parents. So I have fond memories of this movie.
RIP Carl Weathers 😔
Its odd how a new video from this channel actually makes Monday something to look forward to.
That torture reference @ 11:00 is a call back to the mst3k episode "teenagers from outer space." very nice
Such an under rated action classic!! Thanks for covering
I had no idea Action Jackson existed, but now I want him back.
this was one of my favs as a kid
HOW IS THIS NOT ON EVERY GREATEST MOVIE EVER LIST?! THE GODDAMN CAST ALONE!
“Critics hated it, but audiences loved it.”
Seems a lot more common lately...
(13:13) Ha! That poster! WTF! It's so...heartwarming. "Enjoy this heartwarming tale of a few nice men...and their stalker." :P
well they could do the son of action Jackson
Action Jackson was an awesome 80s movie! Some times you can't over think it!
The names Jackson.. Action Jackson 😎
I love this movie as a kid had it on VHS. I learned a lesson never watch a movie u loved as a kid when you're a adult you'll regret it lol
One of my favourite 80s movies, and a shame it didn't do better at the box office as this could have been the start of a great franchise for Carl Weathers. Great work as always, Cecil.
Vanity and Sharon Stone were unbelievably gorgeous in this film!! And Jackson was definitely jacked 9:45 lol.
The movie poster 12:56 is one of my favorites of all time. Simple, dangerous and sophisticated. Love it!!
Rest in Heaven Carl Weathers/Apollo Creed/Action Jackson and Denise Vanity Mathews!✝️✝️👑👑🕊🕊💜💜
Jesus Christ this has to be the most awesome action flick in existence and why I haven't watched this yet ?!
Absolutely badass main characters !
Watching this now on HBO MAX! Its good 80's over the top actioner. I would have loved to have seen a Jackson Cobra team up where Weathers and Stallone reunite.
I gotta thank you again for this video. This was on my Best Of 88 films in my school paper's new movie review column that year. (Trivia: I created the review column as a junior and, when I was supposed to move over to yearbook duties senior year, they let me stay with my column for that grade. I had dreams of replacing Siskel or Ebert when they left the air.)
Craig R. Baxley is an action movie genius. I Come In Peace is another one of my favorites.
my grandma loooooooves this movie. i hit play on this video so fast.
That "Not-a-Ferrari-Testarossa" is the most-sturdy Pontiac Fiero, I've EVER SEEN! ROFL! This movie is GOLD! GOLD I tell ya!
2:37, that's the cop from Lethal Weapon!! The one talking to Jackson!
There are a quite a few Lethal Weapon actors in this, apparently. They picked from quite the well of films for this casting.
Wasn't the valet Argyle from Die Hard 😯
Jack Thibeau. :)
Oh GBF you know how to make a gloomy day a bit brighter. Thanks for the vid
Okay, so, check this out: Thomas F. Wilson's character worked his way up through the Detroit PD, finally achieving the rank of Detective. After an unfortunate incident, he was then transferred to East L.A.'s Narcotics division, where he was partnered with a young, hot headed, Marine by the name of Paco Aguilar.
So, yeah, Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor is technically a sequel to Action Jackson. Maybe not the sequel we wanted, but a sequel nonetheless.
I just watched this movie and really liked it
It was so ridiculous, but a fun ridiculous. And yes, kickass Coach was the most unbelievable thing in this.
It’s good to know Carl Weathers is STILL jacked. Proof “black don’t crack”!
Fun fact for you Cecil; After this film, Baxley and Silver were supposed to do an action sci-fi buddy comedy titled Man To Man, which would have been about repo man who picks up alien who's hitchhiking in Nevada desert and two of them then go on a search for his spaceship. It was written by writer of Tango & Cash and Baxley, and originally Schwarzenegger was going to star in it but then they went with Dolph Lundgren. But despite spending few million on pre-production and everything already set to start filming in Las Vegas, Silver and Baxley got into some arguments which lead to film being cancelled.
I Come In Peace!!! :)
‘Action Jackson ‘ A very 80s movie... campy, over the top mixed with blaxploitation themes. Sit ,eat , drink 🍸 ,have fun & a laugh with this one. Watchable action movie.
15:32
CECIL
YOU MEAN THE
BABY YODA SHOW
Craig T Nelson started the 80s playing a great dad in Poltergeist, but somehow got pigeonholed as the sinister businessman for everything else.
Yes, I have a really clear mental picture of him being menacing in either The Killing Fields or Silkwood (maybe both).
Good bad flicks is on! Sorry son, you have to wait 18 minutes before I make you dinner.
Wish I could give this review an extra like for the Quincy impression.
RIP, Mr. Weathers!
(13:39) I remember in the I Come in Peace review you mentioned that they could NEVER do what they did with those explosions in today's movies. They were SPECTACULAR. CGI has a hard time beating a real honest to goodness pyrotechnic explosion the size of the ones they did. ;)
This whole video was freaking awesome!
RIP Carl
Dude, how could you forget the scene when Action Jackson did a front flip over a car?!
I love this film.
When Bill Duke takes off his glasses you had better pay attention.
He is so awesome as a good guy. He played the straight laced Police Captain so well. To bad he got stereotyped as a heavy.
And Nicolas Worth (Premier Romanov from C&C Red Alert 2) plays the main villain's Butler.
He was also in Swamp Thing and Darkman. :)
I *loved* this movie as a teenager. Discovered in on VHS and always told anyone about it I could, since it was pretty much unknown (especially here in Australia). I love how it also feels like a "best of" for so many 80's actors, especially Predator and Die Hard actors.
Speaking of which, Die Hard may indeed be the perfect action movie, but I'd easily place Action Jackson in my personal top ten, alongside huge classics like The Rock and Cliffhanger. It's just *that good*, IMO. It is indeed a crime that Carl never became a bigger star; he's not just a fun action hero but has decent acting chops too (he's great in his small Mandalorian role, I agree). He at least deserved his own action movie franchise!
This is one of my sweet tooth favorite movies ever. anytime it comes on I watch it. (And I loved Vanity's malfunctioning droid dance 🤣
Captain Armbuster...perfection.
Wonderful video once again. Always thought it was ultra violent as a kid but as an adult it's a solid action flick. Thanks for putting this back on the radar, keep up the great work!
LMAO Uncle Jessie is going to be so upset love the 80s sitcom references
:)
I remember seeing the cleaned-up network TV version of this when I was a kid. I had forgotten about this.
I don't recognize any of the scenes, so I don't think I've ever watched this one, but you did a good job of making it look like a mixture of everything that made 80's action films great.
Hey don't forget the badass frontflip jackson did over the cab.
Has this show ever covered the Tom Selleck/Gene Simmons film Runaway? Seems like a natural for GBF.
Is that the one with the little killer robots?
@@silvervalleystudios2486 Yep, and little robot spiders as well.
It's on the list.