Cobra

Name: Cobra
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: May 23, 1986
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 25
Cast: Brigitte Nielsen, Sylvester Stallone

1986

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Cannon Film Distributors | Release Date: May 23, 1986

Starring: Brigitte Nielsen, Sylvester Stallone

Summary: A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 87 min

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Variety - Staff (Not Credited)

Cobra is a sleek, extremely violent and exciting police thriller. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Gene Siskel

Whereas Clint Eastwood simply would have squinted at Robinson, Stallone takes a more violent approach. Maybe that's the difference between actors--Eastwood can be droll; Stallone more often crosses the border to primeval. Read full review

Chicago Reader - Dave Kehr

It's fast-paced and full of gaudy action, yet it's thoroughly unsatisfying, largely because it's so lazy: once Stallone (also the screenwriter) and director George Pan Cosmatos have sketched out the standard genre archetypes, they leave it at that, not bothering to fill in the niceties of characterization, plausibility, motivation, and suspense. Read full review

The New York Times - Nina Darnton

A disturbing movie from many points of view: disturbing for the violence it portrays, the ideas it represents and the large number of people who will undoubtedly go to see it and cheer on its dangerous hero. Read full review

Miami Herald - Bill Cosford

Cobra looks and sounds as bad as it does because Stallone hired George P. Cosmatos (Rambo), a hack with no ideas, to direct, and because Stallone wrote the screenplay himself. No excuses: This movie is just the way the highest paid and hence most powerful man in Hollywood wanted it. You take a long look at the thing, you keep that in mind: This is the film he meant to make. [24 May 1986, p.D1]

Los Angeles Times - Sheila Benson

Cobra's pretentious emptiness, its dumbness, its two-faced morality make it a movie that begs to be laughed off. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Staff (Not Credited)

Every aspect of this film is reprehensible. Stallone's character is an empty hulk; the few attempts to provide us with little insights into his character are downright laughable. Read full review

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Voodoo123

Jul 1, 2017

If your'e a fanboy (or girl) of the action thriller genre then prepare for what is quite possibly the most macho film ever! Great cinematography action scenes and a fantastic noir thriller vibe. Where it's weak in story it more than makes up for in action and style. Carries a stylized mangaIf your'e a fanboy (or girl) of the action thriller genre then prepare for what is quite possibly the most macho film ever! Great cinematography action scenes and a fantastic noir thriller vibe. Where it's weak in story it more than makes up for in action and style. Carries a stylized manga vibe to it. I'm pretty sure the wachowskis paid homage to this film in particular the attention to detail on the cars/guns/slow-mo action.… Expand

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