Cobra (1986)

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers:

Paula Gosling (novel)
Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 mayo 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Crime is the disease. Meet the Cure.

Plot:

City cop is on the trail of a serial killer. Loaded with action and violence. Stallone fans will love...

Plot Keywords:

Electronic Music Score | Jeep | Police | Victimization | Rivalry

Awards:

6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Where Rambo stops, Cobra Begins

US TV Schedule:

Fri. May 23

4:30 PM

MAX

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
Brigitte Nielsen	...	Ingrid
Reni Santoni	...	Sergeant Gonzales
Andrew Robinson	...	Detective Monte
Brian Thompson	...	Night Slasher
John Herzfeld	...	Cho
Lee Garlington	...	Nancy Stalk
Art LaFleur	...	Captain Sears (as Art La Fleur)
Marco Rodríguez	...	Supermarket Killer (as Marco Rodriguez)
Ross St. Phillip	...	Security Guard
Val Avery	...	Chief Halliwell
David Rasche	...	Dan
John Hauk	...	Low Rider
Nick Angotti	...	Prodski
Nina Axelrod	...	Waitress

También conocida como:

Cobra, el brazo fuerte de la ley (Spain) [es]

Duración:

87 min | Finland:78 min (cut) | Germany:73 min (heavily cut)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Ultra Stereo (35 mm prints) (as Eagle Stereo)

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 (cut) | UK:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1986) | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (re-release) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1990) | Australia:R | Canada:14A | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Mexico:C | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1989) (cut) | Norway:(Banned) (1986-2003) (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cannon Group

Trivialidades:

Reni Santori's character in Cobra is Sgt. Gonzales. In Dirty Harry (1971), Santori's character was also named Gonzales (Harry's partner, Chico).

Goofs:

Continuity: After returning from the shoot out at the supermarket, Cobra places his gun on the kitchen table to reload. After taking out new bullets he removes the gun from his pants instead of taking it off the table.

Quotes:

Chief Halliwell: Cobretti, do know you have an attitude problem?
Marion Cobretti: Yeah, but it's just a LITTLE one!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Angel of the City

Where Rambo stops, Cobra Begins

With two Rambo movies, First Blood (1982) and Rambo : First Blood part II (1985) under his commando belt, Sylvester Stallone had confidently confirmed himself as the Box Office king of the Action Thriller genre. With all the gingoism and American flag waving that went with the comic strip adventures of the worlds favourite fictional viet nam vet, Stallone steps up a gear into Cobra (1986), one of the tightest, exciting, well written and under-rated action movies of the past few decades. Stallone takes British crime novelette Running Duck (US - Fair Game} from celebrated writer Paula Gossling and gives it the full Rambo gloss treatment. Gone from the novel is the alcoholic schizoid lead character and in his place is Marion Cobretti, the typical, four square Stallone character, and the story is all the better for this. Stallone' screenplay is pretty simple, and so is the under lying message that evil is a force that must be met on its own terms. So what we have is a violent actioneer chock full of punch ups, car chases and shooting. Sadly, the script isn't developed enough, and the Rocky elemnts so typical of Stallone's movies at this point, IE, the underdog hero who everyone is against, is used to the maxim here. Unlike the Rocky movies, the glare of humour isn't up to scratch, and so a great many of the lead characters are unlikeable. So what? Wasn't this the case with thrillers such as Seven or Resovoir Dogs? However, Rambo Director George Pan Cosmatos gives a fresh coat of paint to this particular movie, adding stylish touches of film noir to the action genre in a way that precceeds Face/Off (1997) and a whole host of successors. Bridgette Nielsen is the movies real surprise, giving a likeable and sincere performance as Helgar, under the watchful eye of her then Husband. What is really surprising is that Cosmatos manages to succesfully blend into the action genre touches of classic and contemporary horror movies such as Friday the Thirteenth and John Carpenters Halloween with the chilling depiction of the Night Slashers. The movie also contains some of the most exhilerating action and chase sequences, particularly in the movies climax, where Cobra lets rip unto the Night Slashers men. This is an under-rated gem, a very efficient Stallone/George Pan Cosmatos vehicle, and very possibly the best ever Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus/Cannon Film Group picture ever produced. .......................................................................

8/10