This week, Oz and Curtis kick off a brand-new year and a brand-new theme with Action Jackson — the Carl Weathers/Jerry-Curl-Era fever dream that plays like The Last Dragon × The Incredibles × Beverly Hills Cop (before he leaves Detroit) × Arrested Development. It’s a proto-Die Hard that never Die-Harded, a try-hard that tried everything, and somehow still glistens more than Carl Weathers’ shoulders.
Oz & Curtis break down:
• Carl Weathers as Jericho “Action” Jackson — a Detroit legend whose reputation far exceeds his actual amount of… action. • Craig T. Nelson as the world’s most villainous auto-magnate/martial artist/heroin-adjacent motivational speaker. • A parade of 80s icons (Vanity! Sharon Stone! Bill Duke! Biff Tannen!) popping in just long enough to confuse the genre. • A series of white-guy “ninjas” who appear, disappear, and generally exist only to be exploded or electrocuted. • A finale involving a sports car, a staircase, and OSHA violations that could level a city block.
Final Verdict:
Oz — 6 Glistening Biceps Curtis — 57 Well-Connected Hairstylists
Next week: Rhyming Titles Month continues with Be Kind Rewind — Jack Black, Mos Def, VHS tape chaos, and one extremely wholesome neighborhood uprising.
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