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Cobra

1986 Directed by George P. Cosmatos

Crime is a disease. Meet the cure.

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

Sylvester Stallone Brigitte Nielsen Reni Santoni Brian Thompson Lee Garlington Art LaFleur Andrew Robinson Marco Rodríguez Val Avery Nina Axelrod David Rasche John Herzfeld Ross St. Phillip John Hauk Nick Angotti

87 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by Hollie Horror ★★★½ 10

I'm always going to wonder why Cobra cut that slice of pizza in half with a large pair of scissors.
Review by Scumbalina ★★★★ 10

This is a great movie, but that's not why I'm here. I just want everyone on Letterboxd to know that I shaved Brian Thompson's face. Physically, with my hands, touched and shaved his beard. This is a true story, it's my reality, no one can take this from me.
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★½ 8

Gotta love the AWSOM 50 license plate; delicately complex writing from Sly. I mean, all Cobra brings to battle with him is a match to chew on and a Coors to sip on -- ain't no goofs or gaffs under those shades, my friends. If there's one thing that I learned from this movie, it's never to go to battle without a goddamn match between my teeth. I'd take a baker's dozen punches to the Adam's apple before smackin' back without my handy-dandy wick... can't be poppin' caps before, first and foremost, taking care of that oral fixation.

I don't mean to get mathematical on ya but I'd say that the oral fixation, the match, the shades and the license…
Review by laird ★★★★ 7

Without any irony or that "aware of how silly it is" quality people for some goddamn reason champion in action movies these days, this Sylvester Stallone penned thriller hurls a big sleazeball of post-Dirty Harry fascism at your eyeballs faster than you can say MTV. I would argue that Cannon Films generally, and this film in particular, represent the nexus of low brow exploitation and slick Hollywood spectacle (and perhaps its apex too). This is a nasty and mean piece of work, that, though never overtly graphic, feels as grimy and ludicrous as some of the stuff that played on 42nd Street in the decade prior. It's all coated in a sheen of style from director George P. Cosmatos and…
Review by DirkH ★★★ 12

This is why you should give this film a pass:

- awsom(50)

- cutting pizza with scissors

- 'This is where the law ends and I start...........sucker!'

- Matchstick toothpick.

- Dennis Leary once said he wanted a cheese helmet so he could put it on and eat cheese the entire day. This is that.

- There is no plot. This is a good thing.

- Lots of A-team violence.

One thing:
Brigitte Nielsen is awful. It's like watching an East European shot put athlete trying to act.
Review by Mirishikiari ★★★★ 2

Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass Sly vor und nach Cobra nie wieder so cool war wie in George P. Cosmatos Actionthriller, der sogar mit einigen Horrormomenten glänzen kann.

Natürlich ist Cobra reaktionäres Kino und doch unfassbar unterschätzt. Ursprünglich wollte Stallone den Beverly Hills Cop spielen und Cobra ist seine Variante des Stoffs. Düster, brutal, machohaft und temporeich. Doch auch der Witz kommt in einigen Momenten (Pizza-Slice) nicht zu kurz.

Bei aller angebrachten Kritik an der politischen Agenda des Films übersieht man all zu häufig die visuellen Feinheiten des Films, den großartigen Soundtrack und viele magische Momente, die so nur die 80er auf die Leinwand bringen konnten und durften. Irgendwie der Rocky IV des Actionfilms.

Cobra ist einer der "coolsten" Filme der 80er Jahre und alle Jahre wieder ein echtes Fest für mich als riesigen Stallone-Fanboy. Cobra ist die Essenz des 80s-Machokinos. Viel unterhaltsamer kann man 90 Minuten eigentlich kaum verbringen.

Recent reviews

Review by Bryce ★★★★★

If you listen closely, the gun actually hisses...Greatest Movie of All Time.
Review by Gustavo Karsten ★★★★

Você é um imaturo e eu vô matá você!
Review by Nick Johnston ★★★½

Underrated this one.
Review by Mirishikiari ★★★★ 2

Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass Sly vor und nach Cobra nie wieder so cool war wie in George P. Cosmatos Actionthriller, der sogar mit einigen Horrormomenten glänzen kann.

Natürlich ist Cobra reaktionäres Kino und doch unfassbar unterschätzt. Ursprünglich wollte Stallone den Beverly Hills Cop spielen und Cobra ist seine Variante des Stoffs. Düster, brutal, machohaft und temporeich. Doch auch der Witz kommt in einigen Momenten (Pizza-Slice) nicht zu kurz.

Bei aller angebrachten Kritik an der politischen Agenda des Films übersieht man all zu häufig die visuellen Feinheiten des Films, den großartigen Soundtrack und viele magische Momente, die so nur die 80er auf die Leinwand bringen konnten und durften. Irgendwie der Rocky IV des Actionfilms.

Cobra ist einer der "coolsten" Filme der 80er Jahre und alle Jahre wieder ein echtes Fest für mich als riesigen Stallone-Fanboy. Cobra ist die Essenz des 80s-Machokinos. Viel unterhaltsamer kann man 90 Minuten eigentlich kaum verbringen.
Review by Dick ★★½ 5

There's an argument for Cobra being so derivative from the source novel that it's not even based on it. It's like something John Bolton watches before advising the President on how to handle crime in the nation
Review by Lucas Pereira

Coma peixe, peixe é bom.
Review by P.D. Fingersnarl ★★★★

Fawkin awesome piece of American cinema.
Review by Slimemould ★★★½

Cobra riesce ad essere allo stesso celebrazione e parodia involontaria del cinema d'azione anni Ottanta: tutto in questo film, assolutamente tutto, è calcolato a tavolino per essere memorabile e fichissimo. Ne consegue che non c'è una sola inquadratura che sia minimamente credibile, ma chi ama il genere finisce per divertirsi un mondo.

Chi non apprezza il genere invece penso troverà Cobra uno dei film più brutti e stupidi mai girati, ma penso che la locandina sia da sola un avvertimento sufficiente.
Review by Scott Milliken ★½

Yikes.