Action Park was the Somalia of theme parks, a New Jersey thunderdome for people who preferred risk to rules. It was founded in the mid-1970s by Gene Mulvihill, an eccentric businessman who dreamed of ...

Our Econ Extra Credit series focuses on one documentary film a month with Marketplace themes. (Sign up for our newsletter here!) This month, we’re diving into “Class Action Park,” about an infamous ...

In Vernon Township, New Jersey, there once was a water park. It was called “Action Park,” though you may know it from being the subject of the documentary “Class Action Park.” Now fully defunct, ...

A trip to Action Park wasn’t complete without sunburn, skinned knees and elbows, and, all too often, pending litigation. The fast and furious story of the infamous New Jersey water park is being ...

The most startling statistic in Class Action Park goes by fast. While testing the infamous Cannonball Loop waterslide that sat near the entrance to Action Park, an engineer determined that riders ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...