[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by MacBlayne

I like to think it was but I have had this argument with others so many times. My reasoning was that Baxley went on to make Stone Cold, a balls-out, over-the-top action comedy. While Stone Cold is the better film, Action Jackson was the training ground for Baxley's brand of action comedy.

Plus, how on earth does a film feature Carl Weathers leap over a speeding car and not be a parody?

Their argument is that Action Jackson is just hysterically incompetent. I'll admit the editing and some production values are not up to snuff as Joel Silver's other production but, y'know, low budget and stuntman making his first feature - there's gonna be some mistakes.

Looks like it might actually be a homage to blaxploitation if this interview with Weathers is anything to go by.Carl Weathers on Toy Story Of Terror, blaxploitation films, and James Brown · Random Roles · The A.V. Club