This movie has the best cast ever. Everyone is in it | So Bad It's Good #46 - Action Jackson
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Carl Weathers gets to carry his own action film and he gets stuck with ACTION JACKSON. With some of the worst dialogue ever scripted, this turkey hurts to watch at times. But when you add in an epic cast including Sharon Stone, Vanity, Bill Duke, and a lot of others, things get interestings. Or not.
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I fought with the studio for five days over copyright claims to get this video posted. I had to cut several minutes from it, but hopefully it's still enjoyable for everyone even in its slightly butchered form.
On a completely random side note, you should review Militia with Dean Cain.
@@TCFan30 Added it to the list. Thanks!
Hey you guys should do all the scream movies on October
@@TCFan30 Do you have more cool movies to recommend?
@@devinrice1865 We're doing only horror movies for October, but we don't have any of the Scream series on our list. Are any of them SBIG?
I went to a convention, was lining up to meet someone. Carl Weathers was seated next to that person and had only the occasional fan come up but he was super nice to every one of them, and inbetween was laughing and joking with the people in my line, and happily taking selfies and shit with people from that line even though they werent there to see him. The guy I lined up for couldnt care less, didnt speak to anyone and didnt even look at me. So no, Carl Weathers isnt an asshole.
That's great to hear! Thanks for the info.
He should’ve been in more. He was amazing in Rocky 3. At least we got to see him in The Mandalorian
RIP Carl weathers. Had to watch this again after few days hearing about his passing.
I'm simultaneously amazed how you can look at some random bit-part actor's face and immediately place him in another movie, yet at the same time shocked how you can draw total blanks when seeing the name Robert Davi.
As it turns out, I don't recognize every name. I'll work on it.
@@JasonBrant All in good fun. I'm so glad I found your channel! I've been bingeing your reviews almost non-stop; they're all so hilarious and well done.
@@madaemon Much appreciated!
best part, this didn't even kill carl weather's career. He kept acting he just did some tv stuff and minor film roles. He also worked with the NFL and CFL during the time his telvision/film career went on part hiatus. Right after this came out he even took a job doing the last season tour of duty the tv show/mini series. He still had jobs available, but he chose football, which was his first passion before acting.
"If you're gonna dabble" 😂 that was one of the funniest things I've heard off the cuff in a long time!
"How many hours could Sharon Stone be dead and you would still do her?". The line that stick with you from this review.
Anything beyond two hours is going too far.
Depends if its a warm day
Carl Weathers' career is experiencing a rejuvenation on The Mandalorian, love him and Pedro Pascal.
Love that show.
Ha! I think he gives off that Billy Dee Williams vibe as well. You know.. :P
Perfect timing! Right on my lunch break. I remember watching this as a kid all the time because there weren’t any black action stars before Wesley Snipes.
Loooove Carl Weathers. Wish we'd seen him star in more stuff.
There should be more black action stars imo. My favorite one is Fred Williamson, he went past the "black movies" and made himself a household name. Richard Roundtree is also awesome.
@@torarinvik4920 Did you see VFW with Williamson? He's old as hell in it and he's great!
@@JasonBrant I actually like him the best in From dusk till dawn and Vigilante.
I honestly loved the terrible dialogue in this movie, it was so freaking fun.
Action Jackson was amazing, and criminally underrated. Was supposed to have gotten a Sequel, but no good Script was ever written, and it never happened.
That's a shame.
No good script was ever written.
"but no good Script was ever written"
You`re joking?
@@ChocolateMilk.. no jackass, I'm not.
@@jackgill6519 you beat me to it. No script was written bad enough for a sequel! 🤣
For those who don't know, Vanity did have her own band. But, for a while, about 1 year or so, she was with Prince and the Purple Revolution.
Thanks for the info.
She didn't have her own band. She joined a band of Prince's that was renamed "Vanity 6" after she was recruited to front it. She then quit the band right before "Purple Rain" the movie came out which she was supposed to have the role that went to Prince's next fling, Appalonia. Vanity went on to a solo career after this. She was never part of Prince and the Revolution.
@@eduardopena5893 no she was definitely in the band since it’s inception. Not the revolution but vanity 6. It was gonna be called the hookers and this was when the revolution was gonna be called the rebels and there was even a demo tape for this made with lots of songs that ended up being bsides etc. Raspberry beret was wrote around this time as well. Vanity’s name was gonna be vagina. Prince was just saying fuck it why not then vanity suggested the name vanity and it stuck. And it went from the hookers to vanity 6. 6 for the amount of tits. Fun fact when doves cry is about Susan moonsie from the group. She was the one who’d wear white and was darker than the others. She and prince had a thing going on since they were like 13 and he just dropped her and she cried hysterically and prince was like “hm, amusing, this will be a hit” after that he started doin Wendy’s twin. Which was…interesting. She was supposed to be in under the cherry moon, but was a terrible actress so she was recast.
No matter how bad the action movies were in the eighties, the stuntman always gave it and looked like they gave it 1000% 👏👏👏👏👍
That's precisely why these films are still loved today. The dialogue can be absolute crap but the stunts and action scenes are memorable.
@@alucard624PRECISELY!
10:37 Miguel A. Nunez Jr. also had a part in The Return of the Living Dead.
The great thing about stunts in 80's movies was that they had to be performed in front of a camera. That's what made them exciting and visceral. Nowadays we have actors hanging on wires in front of green screens.
Loved him in Return of the Living Dead. And preach on about old school stunt work!
I know him from the TV show Tour of Duty. Carl Weathers and Stan Foster (Albert) were both in that show, too.
@@DaChef1974 Same, loved that show when it was on, binged it a few years ago and even still loved it! Rare to come back to something from that time and not be be totally cringed out, could be nostalgia bias though!
Not to mention Lethal Weapon 3 / Street Fighter '94 / Juwanna Mann / Scooby-Doo / Kickin' It Old School!
I believe he was homeless during the shooting of Return of the living dead.
I think action Jackson was actually a legitimately awesome movie. I believe it was directed by a stunt Director which is why so many of the stunts looked cool.
The stuntwork is pretty bad ass.
yeah, pre-internet days were tuff when I was in high school. With 3-6 channels and radio, there wasn't all that much to do so some movies were like being stuck in dive diner. The Menu was always 4+ pages laminated in plastic and always sticky, showing 80 dishes, or worse a buffet.
You know 100% that overall it will be sub-par food, but some of it is at least edible, and like this movie, if you're lucky something you actually enjoy.
I actually find Action Jackson to be an underrated 80s gem. Very enjoyable and fun indeed. It's not a perfect action movie, but it's a fun movie nonetheless.
The cast is amazing.
He was also the truck driver in the beginning of The Terminator. He was in the garbage truck saying "what the hell!?" When his engine gets shut off when Kyle Reese/Terminator are time traveling to the present...😂
Seeing Joel Silvers name at the start of any 80s movie meant awesome action, familiar character actors, and cheesy dialogue, but always fun.
If you're going to "crack open a cold one"....make sure it's Sharon Stone.
R.I.P. Carl Weathers
Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) became a Christian a few years after this movie. She became heavely addicted to drugs and it was either give up the drugs or die young. That's was the main reason she turned to Christianity. She had already badly abused and damaged her body, though, and because of her drug abuse her kidneys began to fail her, which lead to her death in 2016 at the fairly young age of 56. Another beautiful actress from Vanity's era I liked was, Apollonia Kotero, the girl who played Prince's love interest in Purple Rain. She was unbelievably gorgeous. Check her out in the Eddie Money (RIP) video-Shakin, and you'll see how pretty she really was.
Sharon Stone is Definite Dabble Material!
I’ve just discovered your channel and I’m loving it so far keep up the good work 👍
Thanks so much! Lots more on the way.
@@JasonBrant I highly recommend gymkata
@@TheWinter99 Gymkata is coming up in about a month.
You fellas are like a drinking man's version of Mystery Science Theater.
If you loved Stone Cold, this, then you’ll love Dark Angel (aka I Come In Peace) with Dolph Lundgren. Also, Robert Davi? C’mon! Die Hard, Maniac Cop 2, and Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence. Such classics.
Dark Angel is on our list. And yeah... Davi's name completely slipped my mind.
I Come in Peace classic, Showdown in Little Tokyo, The Prayer of the Rollerboys.
YES!!!!!! They absolutely have to watch that!!!
Davi was also Jake Fratelli in The Goonies
The Henchman with the bangs was one of the baddies in Conan the Barbarian.
I believe he was the one with the oversize warhammer, who hit the column in the
orgy scene!
Good catch.
The guy you're thinking of is Miguel Nunez Jr, who is one of the most prolific "Hey, it's that guy!" actors from the 80s and is probably best known for starring in Juwanna Man.
Those damn enchiladas!
I loved this movie as a kid. I was shocked to see them watching it. It was actually good.
This really feels like someone told an AI program to write a Shane Black script and no one bothered to edit the results.
No comment on Nelson's squib on back going off like a mortar round?! I remember watching that part frame by frame! Just an insane squib for a .38 revolver. My friends and I would explain it away as Jackson used his chi to power the bullet. lol
It was so sad how happy that paranoid union guy was to be getting a package. For someone so paranoid it was odd how he left the door totally unlocked. I like how Action Jackson is clearly a total badas, but all his colleagues treat him like he’s some sort of dorky whimp.
Back in the days before Amazon Prime.
Carl Weathers starred in another action movie called Hurricane Smith. I don't remember if it's so bad it's good, it's been decades since I've seen it, but I do remember one thing; Carl Weathers doesn't have his iconic mustache!😰
I just got in to watching an actress from Australia named Cassandra Delany, and while she only has four movie credits on IMDB, I have watched One Night Stand ( a movie about four teenagers who are in the Sydney Opera House on new years day, when a nuclear war breaks out), and Fair Game ( a movie which has been promoted by Tarantino). But why I am commenting here, is that she was the lead female role in a Carl Weathers film named Hurricane Smith, which looks right up the SBIG alley. Just on Cassandra Delany she was once married to John Denver and I have to say she was a very very good looking lady. Just a word of caution, she does not have a good rep, as she was seen as trying to gain a career of John's connections in the entertainment industry.
Rest In Peace, Carl.
You were an awesome action star!
Rest in Peace Carl.
I thought Carl Weathers had one the best bodies in the 80s. In Rocky he was carved outta wood. Really under rated!
R.I.P to Actor Carl Weathers. 🕯️🙏🏾🕊️
This movie was actually pretty cool I thought back then .It had some pretty hilarious scenes especially the scene of ribs barbecuing on the grill right after the bazooka scene .Craig T Nelson pulled off a pretty convincing villain
I have to say my friends, after watching and full on gut rolling laughing harder than I have in years, I feel like I know you guys. I really enjoy this. I like the easy chairs set up better than the table. Keep on rocking, I'll keep watching, I'm sure a ton of others will too.
Thanks so much. I agree... the chairs work better. Makes it feel more organic. I appreciate ya!
How could you not know Robert Davi? - for retro films you's are behind the 8 ball lol!
His name completely slipped my mind.
I was about to write the same:-) He's only one of the great movie villain actors of our time. No big deal.
As someone that saw this movie in the theater when it came out, the dialogue is perfect for the time it was made. Watch a movie with Amber or Ginger Lynn to find out what bad dialogue is.
I cant believe you didn't know who Robert Davi was!!! Die Hard / Maniac Cop! But for the record have been in bed recovering for some weird sickness and your channel has been a lot of fun and has made me laugh. So thank you!
I don't know why Carl Weathers didn't get more roles in action movies either. I think maybe it's one of those " one producer didn't like him" or " he had an argument with casting director X" so he got lowkey blacklisted? Who knows..guy had the looks and arguably the talent to be huge at the time, i mean a" guy that kinda looked like Van Damme" (Daniel Bernhardt) was in loads of movies. Robert Z'Dar was the star of a whole franchise ffs!
The long haired assassin was David Glen Eisley, lead singer for the 80's hair band Giuffria.
RIP Carl Weathers
'... you ever had your head RAMED up your ass' I didn't catch that on the first time watching this video. I almost died.
God, the writing...
Just spotted that the guy about to torture Jackson in the garage (with the goggles) is one of the bad guys in Die Hard. He plays the guy who takes over reception.
Thank God this movie had a great cast. Could you imagine this dialog with lesser actors?
It'd be a Seagal movie.
The 80s.. you could smoke anywhere and if a stuntman died you just got another one. Great times.
I think Action Jackson is absolutely worth a watch for anybody who's into 80s action movies, but it's not a classic. On paper it should be, but it does fall short.
Now watch Strike Commando! It's out on Blu-ray and it's a must-see!
I have Strike Commando on the list. I'm spending a small fortune buying these terrible movies, haha.
@@JasonBrant You've probably spent more on bad movies than the budget of any one of them.
So true.
Strike Commando is cool, but Reb Brown is even more iconic in the Hilarious Robowar.
@@torarinvik4920 Robowar? Just added it to the list!
It’s the enchiladas guy! Best running joke.
The “How do you like your ribs?” guy was the bad guy concierge in Die Hard.
I think Carl Weathers had a movie called Hurricane Smith that came out before this one. I might have a VHS copy of it somewhere. This movie is definitely a forgotten gem just for the cast.
Hurricane Smith was after this in 1992 and was an Australian movie that made around $89,000 in Australian theaters. He was also in a 1990 made-for-TV movie opposite Billy Dee Williams called Dangerous Passion.
The dude from Weird Science was also in The Terminator as the trash truck driver. "what the hell"
Oh yeah, Action Jackson is so much fun to watch. But come on, you have to know Robert "Die Hard" Davi ?!
Anyway, another excellent Video guys. Keep 'em coming!
We mentioned him in the full-length reaction, but that clip didn't make the cut for this video. Loved his appearance!
@@JasonBrant And also Bond villian...
Also play a Fratelli in The Goonies
Way you guys were calling out all the actors you recognized, I'm surprised you didn't know Robert Davi. His big 80s role was one of the FBI agents in Die Hard.
He's one of the fratelli's, from the goonies.
Not seeing it since I was in high school, when it was in heavy cable rotation, really puts the dialog in perspective. It's like they shot part of one movie, then reshot or just filled in 40 minutes with off the shelf puns, dad jokes, and non sequiturs.
Who's here to pay their respects...............!.
RIP Carl Weathers a great actor !!
13:45 That guy was Also in Die Hard . He's one of the baddies and He takes over as the security guy in the lobby when Winslow ( family guy cop) comes looking around.
Oh I guess you guys called it out too.
Also I think the Bald dude that gets run over by the Ferrari may have been one of the gunmen that Kills OJ in the beginning of Naked Gun.
09:26 - I guess he is also the truck driver when Arnold's Terminator arrives in the 1st movie!
I’m hooked. This is the 2nd movie I’ve watched on your channel, and now I need you to roast all of my favorite childhood action movies. You had me dying 😂🤣😂🤣
Thanks so much!
Robert Davi was the singing Fratelli from Goonies and one of the FBI agents from Die Hard
It's the brainchild of Carl Weathers! It's HIM! That's his baby! So I think that explains why he didn't take off..
Robert Davi!
Sharon Stone is one of the hottest women to ever walk the earth. And yes I capitalized her name and not earth.
Yes, she is. And the capitalization is correct.
You guys are destroying my childhood man...You Roasted BloodSport, Roadhouse, and now...Action Jackson? Nooooo!
Damn it, this channel might as well be my internet homepage. You guys are awesome. I'll be watching.
🤣 🤣 Thanks so much. I'm sure we'll roast more of your favorites soon.
"It's just necrophilia dude, calm down."
Wait...Is THIS the guy Action Bronson named himself after?!🤣🤣
I snuck into the theatre for this movie and have loved it for 35 years. And got the soundtrack. Love Carl weathers, wish the part 2 came out at least. Loved you guys reviewing these badass movies. Keep up the great work
This is a guilty pleasure film for me. You also left out the fact that Robert Davi played Agent Johnson in Die Hard
Ahh, good call.
Robert Davi was also the drug dealing bad guy in the Bond movie License To Kill.
You guys are fuckin awesome. Just happened along to your channel, smoking herb and cracking up! Cheers from Colorado!
You better of been joking when you said you didnt know who Robert Davi was. Cred zero.
🤣 Naming the 37 other actors wasn't good enough? You're harsh!
They took every word joke Arnold said "Nope" to, took the combined cast of Predator and Commando (plus up and coming Sharon Stone and Vanity) and made a movie were stuff blows up when you look at it too hard.
They gathered almost everyone from Arnold's 80's movies except Arnold.
This may be one of my favorite reviews of yours yet. This case was star studded my dude.
Thanks! Crazy cast!
The production value and cast is because of producer Joel Silver, who basically produced every classic action film ever made.
Silver is a legend.
Did nobody notice when Jackson jumped off the top of the parked car that he jump onto the sidewalk in front of stores? He wouldn't have landed on the roof of that cab???!!!
The guy that gets blown through the window in the beginning played Viktor Rosta, the bad guy from "Red Heat".
Ed O'Ross. He has a great scene in Lethal Weapon, too.
@@JasonBrant
I haven't watched those for a long time. Time to break out the Lethal Weapon box I guess..
"Vanity is in this, I don't know what she....did."
A lot of drugs. Unfortunately that fast living caught up with her and she passed away in 2016. This movie was her last "major" role in any film. She went on to play bit parts in other little films and appear as a guest star on tv shows.
RIP
Action jackson dialogue: DO NOT BACK UP. SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. ALSO, GEESE CAN BE TROUBLESOME!!!!
Audience: ?????
The dialogue is... something... in this.
Carl Weathers does have a borderline mullet, where the neck hair isn't trimmed up at all.
That incognito leg switch when Sharron Stone's character was introduced. Intentional or not... Premo.
That cast is nuts. The stunts were insane! Just enjoy the camp! lol
I just saw this and one of your Steven Segal videos. I've never stop crying/laughing.
In this case it wasnt necrophilia
A) She is peaking Sharon Stone
B) Still warm
i remember this from when i was a kid, back then it was just a normal, rather good action movie, i don't think anyone saw it as even close to a B-movie.
Same I always thought it was considered an A tier film . I never watched it but I did hear a ton about it .
The guy that did the firey swan dive out the window at the start was in leathal weapon and red heat with arnie. His name is Ed o ross
Damn, half the cast of Predator is in this movie!
The cast is brilliant.
@@JasonBrant 100%
Action is awesome but couldn’t agree more about the dumb dialogue! Craig Baxley did I Come in Peace which was also batsh1t crazy. Apparently he turned down Hard to Kill because he didn’t want to work with Seagal. Sacrilege!! RIP Vanity.
We have I Come in Peace on our list. A few people have recommended that now.
I think you guys missed the boat on Action Jackson. That movie is a blast!
14:15
That is 100% a 1986/1987 Fiero... With a burnt out passenger tail light bulb...
I would recognize that car anywhere. My first car was an '84 Fiero SE with that crappy little 4 cylinder. If you look at the front end, those cars look like a Miata on Xanax...
No epic mullet, but the greatest flat top in 80's history.
True!
What about when you combine the 2, you get a flat top mullet, those were awesome haha. Kiefer I think had one in The lost Boys.
Vanity was Prince's protege (the artist formerly known as Prince, Prince)
"Craig T Nelson...slingin dyuck."
Dead
🤣
"How many hours passed death would you bang Sharron Stone?"
*spits my drink laughing *
🤣
RIP Carl Weather. Just found out about it.
When I watched this movie I was way too young (
Such a shame... this movie could have been amazing.
This is one of my favorite 80's action movies.
I'm surprised you guys didn't comment on the "I'm Mr. Ed" line.
I swear @ 1:28 that legit sounds like Bill Murray saying oh man
Love this movie. Actually saw this in the theater. I love that you (That's my close friends and I always do) spot the classic Al Leong. But also note that the guy with the fireball gun, is one of Hans Gruber's terrorists from Die Hard. He's the guy that they station out at the front desk to impersonate the guard.
Recently discovered your channel and I'm totally binging it. You guys have so many great movie videos 👍👍👍
I went to school with Craig T. Nelson's son Chris at Kealakehe Middle School on the "Big Island" (Hawaii). Never met Craig, but Chris was really cool.