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Cobra

Cobra

1986
Crime, Action
1h 27m
City cop is on the trail of a serial killer. Loaded with action and violence. Stallone fans will love this Rambo-like movie with Stallone on the chase instead of the run (imdb)

Directed by:

George P. Cosmatos

Screenwriter:

Sylvester Stallone, Paula Gosling

Starring:

Lee Garlington, Sylvester Stallone, David Rasche, Andrew Robinson, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Art LaFleur, Val Avery, John Herzfeld, Marco Rodríguez, Ross St. Phillip

Genres:

Crime, Action

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, Spanish
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Cobra

1986
Crime, Action
1h 27m
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barthalenBarthalen
Rated 28 Nov 2012
39
18th
What do you call a guy that wears sunglasses indoors, drives a vintage car, listens to shitty eighties music, feels the need to comment on everyone's eating habits and cuts his pizza with a pair of scissors? A hipster douchebag. What do you call the same guy in 1986? Cobra.
Rated 28 Nov 2012
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 21 Oct 2015
77
49th
This isn't "good" per se, but it's quick, distinct (Cosmatos shoots the criminals like they're murderers in a slasher film - & they kind of are) & there's funny moments of unintentional camp. It's one thing for Sly to try to inject some - cough!- "social commentary" into this violent cartoon by way of his absurd caricatures of soft-on-crime liberals, but when the criminals are all batsh-t insane psychos who spend their days clanking their axes together in unison you have to laugh.
Rated 21 Oct 2015
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 04 Dec 2020
60
34th
Pepsi present’s Cobra Stallone tone deaf on what’s cool and badass which obviously rules. Way too many people wearing cabbie hats in this like the costume designer stumbled on a box of them. The only thing that factory produces at the end of the movie is widows.
Rated 04 Dec 2020
terrymacterrymac
Rated 15 Jul 2020
40
10th
Absolute dross, but not the sort of dross that'll have you switching off partway through. Strangely enjoyable dross, then. It's ludicrous, and pretty much nothing makes sense. Stallone's character is a kitchen sink of 70s/80s action tropes, and not one person here is a believable human being. It's pleasantly violent, and over pretty quickly, so you too might be able to sit through this.
Rated 15 Jul 2020
dougclDougCL
Rated 24 Apr 2012
100
98th
the most perfect example of the shit-stupid 80s action wankfest. and its an absolute pleasure to watch every single time.
Rated 24 Apr 2012
tonytheponyTonythePony
Rated 28 Apr 2008
38
6th
There's something quite charming about a gang of axe-wielding maniacs who care about choreography. *ching* *ching*
Rated 28 Apr 2008
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 02 Mar 2018
73
44th
"Cobra" is a every tough guy action movie distilled down to one mess of tropes and ridiculous awesomeness. If I was twelve in 1986, this would have probably been the coolest thing I ever saw, but action movies have changed a lot over the years and "Cobra" held up about as well a Brigitte Nielsen's looks, not that she was ever much of a looker.
Rated 02 Mar 2018
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 07 Oct 2016
34
2nd
Did you think Dirty Harry was a liberal pussy who was too sympathetic? Were you also annoyed that the acting in that film was too good? Well, then Cobra should be right up your alley. Even ignoring the ridiculous, and overt, appeals to fascism, this is just a really badly made film with a few exciting action scenes to alleviate the tedium of Stallone's mumbling.
Rated 07 Oct 2016
lookjabbaLookJabba...
Rated 21 Sep 2013
6
41st
Cobra is very much something of a guilty pleasure. The plot is wafer thin and there's nothing particularly memorable. But growing up I thought this was such a cool Sylvester Stallone film. It's by no means one of his best films, but it's one of his coolest. He's called Marion Cobretti and convincingly makes it sound cool. Enough said. The action scenes are good, but the performances and script are woeful. Stallone cutting pizza with scissors steals the show though. Stupidly cool and very 80's.
Rated 21 Sep 2013
ytadelYtadel
Rated 22 Aug 2008
3
28th
There's a remarkable lack of intellectual and artistic ambition present in this right-wing fascism fantasy / 80s action paint-by-numbers. That said, it's difficult to truly hate an 80s action flick, isn't it?
Rated 22 Aug 2008
lrampartllrampartl
Rated 14 Aug 2007
61
48th
You ever notice how they try to get action heroes over with a gimmick? Cobra has like eight. The super gun, sunglasses, old timey car, matchstick in the mouth, gloves, etc. Still, a decent little tough cop movie. Good 80's cheese junk.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
saucyjacksaucyjack
Rated 21 May 2007
70
49th
Entertainingly cheesy. Try not to laugh when you see businessmen clanging battle axes above their heads.
Rated 21 May 2007
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 17 Dec 2019
59
18th
Watchable but ultimately disposable assembly-line 80s action trash, highlighted by two exciting car chases. Cosmatos' leaden, journeyman direction means many of the action scenes feel oddly deflated, despite the copious (and grotesque) blood-shed. Stallone gives more or less what you would expect from him (lacking the sense of self-kidding that Arnie would bring to this sort of thing) and the film suffers for a lack of an interesting bad guy, or even discernable motivations for the villainy.
Rated 17 Dec 2019
ericamblerericambler
Rated 03 Aug 2015
38
8th
For Stallone completists only. Sly cuts a piece of pizza with a pair of scissors.
Rated 03 Aug 2015
yiannosYiannos
Rated 21 Jul 2014
43
10th
Like most violent urban cop thrillers after Dirty Harry, Cobra is pro-tyranny propaganda, but it's a little more blatant and extreme in how it goes about delivering that message. The hellish vision of the world in Cobra is dangerous to the point of absurdity: the only solution is to let rogue cops mow down criminals with weird looking guns. It pretends to deal with the problem of social violence, within an action film context, but it simply exploits real fears about it.
Rated 21 Jul 2014
pumpernikielPumpernikiel
Rated 15 Jul 2014
57
23rd
Kinda stupid movie, but I had fun watching it, and that's what is most important.
Rated 15 Jul 2014
paxtonPaxton
Rated 08 Feb 2012
69
60th
He cuts his pizza with a scissors. Your argument is invalid.
Rated 08 Feb 2012
kasperlKasperL
Rated 21 Aug 2010
75
77th
Holds up well. Stallone has some cool oneliners in what is essentially part slasher with Nielsen as the final girl and the always creepy Thompson as the killer. The whole thing oozes 80s-ness and is pretty enjoyable.
Rated 21 Aug 2010
cinemaasiaCinema_Asia
Rated 18 Feb 2010
45
7th
This easily falls into the category of "so bad it's good" because of the stoic seriousness it takes itself but leaves lots of room for inadvertent camp appeal. It also embodies 80's violent cheese quite well with Stallone trying to be the ice cold apathetic cop. Plus he walks around with a totally impractical looking sidearm while he mows down raving punk/biker thugs. The best part is Stallone cutting pizza with scissors though.
Rated 18 Feb 2010
flyingwhalesflyingwhales
Rated 11 Dec 2007
90
94th
Marian Cobretti is going to shoot the hell out of anyone who doesn't like this movie. That's the kind of cop he is.
Rated 11 Dec 2007
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 17 May 2021
80
37th
Viewed May 15, 2021. Will be thinking about the pizza scissors forever.
Rated 17 May 2021
hazelhawkshazelhawks
Rated 01 Jul 2020
27
6th
Wow! Totally forgot about John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Cool photography and fetishistic design aside, this Stallone vanity project is basically a really dumb attempt to turn First Blood inside out. Why?! But great to see Brian Thompson (alien bounty hunter from x-files) as a wacky maniac. James Woods' Cop movie may have been making fun of Cobra... but I'm not for sure.
Rated 01 Jul 2020
mr_vincentMr Vincent
Rated 15 Jun 2020
40
16th
Incredibly stupid and awesome at the same time.
Rated 15 Jun 2020
pfightmasterPfightmaster
Rated 09 Apr 2018
43
22nd
I love this stupid piece of garbage. The action hits hard, Sly is way over the top in the title roll and everything is possible in the ways of vigilante justice, as long as it's bad guys who die a horrible, horrible death.
Rated 09 Apr 2018
bowfingerbowfinger
Rated 28 Nov 2016
20
14th
Written by Stallone? The bitch can barely act!
Rated 28 Nov 2016
caffecaffe
Rated 05 Jul 2015
57
45th
I truly enjoy this stupid, stupid piece of shit. I love how incredibly, wondrously, unironically stupid it is.
Rated 05 Jul 2015
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 03 Sep 2014
60
34th
Better (in a corny 80's action way) than I remembered. An easy fun watch for fans of the genre, just don't take it too seriously and you'll have a good time. Also am I the only one who thinks the villain looks like a jacked-up Sean William Scott?
Rated 03 Sep 2014
overratedoverrated
Rated 26 Nov 2013
22
13th
When right-wing action heroes don't have witty one-liners when dispatching bad guys they come across as assholes. Evidenced by the rapid cut after the death of the villain here, as if even the filmmakers themselves realized it was a bit much.
Rated 26 Nov 2013
begoniabolbegoniabol
Rated 27 Feb 2012
15
17th
It's basically an 80's music video of an hour long till the end fight starring Sylvi hoisted into a pair of tight jeans and shirt and a woman wearing too tight clothes as well. The end fight is boring, stupid, cheesy and sweaty
Rated 27 Feb 2012
calinkicalinki
Rated 27 Feb 2012
65
24th
bonus rating for "feel the heat" and the sunglasses
Rated 27 Feb 2012
neonmanNeonman
Rated 04 Sep 2011
64
22nd
Standard storyline that should be eased through with some cheesy '80s moments to help you get by. The action sequences are decent, but as impressive as the stunt-work is, it just feels like they are performing the stunts for the sake of how impressive they are without really flowing into the narrative of the action scenes. This may sound like a nit-pick, but there's not a whole lot else to analyse here; it's just a typical '80s action film.
Rated 04 Sep 2011
doctor7doctor7
Rated 09 Dec 2010
11
6th
Pretty much contains all the reasons why Stallone's career tanked. It's a garbage movie full of terrible dialog, awful characters on both sides of the law and shoddy film making. Avoid unless you're a Stallone fan who loves his bad movies.
Rated 09 Dec 2010
castrophCastroph
Rated 17 Jul 2009
4
28th
The montage is the best part of the movie, other than that you have Stallone walking around in boots cutting pizzas with scissors and drinking beer in a supermarket with a deranged psycho.
Rated 17 Jul 2009
eveeluneveelun
Rated 22 Jul 2008
50
11th
Laughable example of 80s vigilante justice. Cobra doesn't play by the rules, he can't afford to when there's a gang of serial killers out there working together! Pretty absurd, but it's no match for Death Wish 3 in terms of conservative paranoia.
Rated 22 Jul 2008
derbarneyDer_Barney
Rated 19 Apr 2008
70
15th
So crappy it's actually kinda cool.
Rated 19 Apr 2008
jcdraculajcdracula
Rated 14 Aug 2007
0
17th
When Cosmatos teamed up with Stallone, magic happened. This is completely insane garbage, fueled by right wing paranoia and filled with loads of unintentional comedy and surrealism.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
11th
Not as wretched as its reputation, but man, it's not good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hehhehhehheh
Rated 27 Jul 2007
3
62nd
This is so much better than Commando.
Rated 27 Jul 2007
tsam543tsam543
Rated 14 Feb 2024
95
81st
Might be my favourite Stallone feature.
Rated 14 Feb 2024
jijawjefaewfjijawjefaewf
Rated 23 May 2023
56
26th
Already forgot the entirety of the dumb plot one day later, but it was fun 80's crap through-and-through. One-liners were ultra-predictable which made them that much more entertaining.
Rated 23 May 2023
emirhanshnEmirhanShn
Rated 02 Dec 2018
60
11th
Good Sides: 80s music, great los angeles and Stallone... Bad Sides:Countless
Rated 02 Dec 2018
alexwaldAlex.Wald
Rated 04 Feb 2017
75
53rd
Objectively speaking, the plot is stupid and the acting is bland. But the sheer number of memorable quotations in this film makes it worth it.
Rated 04 Feb 2017
babaracusbabaracus
Rated 14 Feb 2016
6
24th
not much of the dialog makes sense but I guess it's ok
Rated 14 Feb 2016
schwabeschwabe
Rated 23 May 2015
50
6th
whoever likes stalone will like this movie, it's so him! so violent, so emotionless, almost robotic. not quite my thing.
Rated 23 May 2015
schnofelschnofel
Rated 08 Oct 2014
34
18th
Has a distinctive 80s noir look as well as scenes betraying Cosmatos as a competent director. Unfortunately the material is the same generic action thriller with fascist undertones as always.
Rated 08 Oct 2014
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 16 Jan 2013
15
2nd
Laughably bad action. It's about as 80s as humanely possible, has terrible dialogue, awful action sequences, and worst of all a terrible message. Not even fun in a cheesy way.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
glm01glm01
Rated 06 Jan 2013
47
8th
47.000
Rated 06 Jan 2013
kowryKowry
Rated 09 Sep 2012
10
7th
Astoundingly cheesy and generic, it's hard to remember many details about it even though it's not that long since I watched it.
Rated 09 Sep 2012
andaghandagh
Rated 03 Sep 2012
60
21st
Best part of the movie is the prominent portrait of Reagan.
Rated 03 Sep 2012
edkrakedkrak
Rated 13 May 2012
90
95th
No boobies, but apart from that it's pretty much a perfect 80s film.
Rated 13 May 2012
tinythedoggtinythedogg
Rated 05 Nov 2011
60
48th
Entertainingly cheesy movie with entertainingly cheesy quotes.
Rated 05 Nov 2011
demorestDemorest
Rated 28 Jun 2011
1
6th
I just don't think Stallone has the charisma to be a fascist mouthpiece.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
nobletNoblet
Rated 15 Apr 2011
11
1st
Agghgghghg
Rated 15 Apr 2011
jeporcherjeporcher
Rated 19 Mar 2011
40
12th
I love it.
Rated 19 Mar 2011
kingofjewkingofjew
Rated 27 Nov 2010
68
24th
Stallone attempts Schwarzenegger 80's action movie, and it sort of works, the one liners still sound cheesy, the action is still way over the top and the acting and directing is horribly reminiscent of low budget 80' movies. Only for Stallone fans.
Rated 27 Nov 2010
nearphotisonNearphotison
Rated 27 Sep 2010
25
8th
Too preachy for its own good, and on a subject that's just offensive, to boot. A rather bland action movie, even without the ham-fisted lecture on crime and punishment.
Rated 27 Sep 2010
silencersilencer
Rated 15 Apr 2010
40
9th
His glasses are awesome!
Rated 15 Apr 2010
kavuKavu
Rated 06 Dec 2009
65
39th
It's not quite Commando, but still very entertaining during the best scenes. Call the Cobra.
Rated 06 Dec 2009
filmpiratefilmpirate
Rated 21 Nov 2009
60
50th
mr cool
Rated 21 Nov 2009
oskarhuoskarhu
Rated 17 Nov 2009
42
4th
Have to love this, though.
Rated 17 Nov 2009
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 13 Oct 2009
50
33rd
80s semi-classic, that's still a ok watch.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
countyhellcounty_hell
Rated 19 Sep 2009
40
18th
not very good, but then again, can you really expect much from stallone in a film of this genre? it is what it is. and i can say that i do remember being freaked out by that nutter with the huge knife in the parking garage.
Rated 19 Sep 2009
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 29 May 2009
33
25th
Not The Best Stallone Movie
Rated 29 May 2009
jesus_christJesus Christ
Rated 16 Jan 2009
50
33rd
dublado é bom
Rated 16 Jan 2009
cordellCordell
Rated 21 Sep 2008
85
78th
Marion Cobretti! Stallone as cool as it gets!
Rated 21 Sep 2008
teeceeteecee
Rated 17 Sep 2008
22
20th
Cure me
Rated 17 Sep 2008
graaggraag
Rated 19 Apr 2008
20
3rd
The toothpick had more emotions than Stallone.
Rated 19 Apr 2008
protoProto
Rated 13 Apr 2008
70
18th
Classic 80's lines. The opening scene is pretty much all you need to see.
Rated 13 Apr 2008
therevTheRev
Rated 29 Mar 2008
0
2nd
The Mercury was cool.
Rated 29 Mar 2008
lookinglandLookingLand
Rated 16 Nov 2007
0
5th
so silly.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
dustydDustyd
Rated 16 Sep 2007
20
1st
Really ,really bad
Rated 16 Sep 2007
oacsetoacset
Rated 13 Sep 2007
90
54th
the last action hero is a rip off of this. he is a bamf
Rated 13 Sep 2007
stflyst_fly
Rated 26 Aug 2007
35
35th
ok
Rated 26 Aug 2007
aridArid
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
56th
Rambo on the city streets.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
auritechauritech
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
3rd
By the numbers cliche 80s action. I thought there were some moments of just stupid hilarity, but please... don't waste your brain cells on this.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
tripleshTripleSH
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
32nd
Cobra is a great character is a crappy movie. Even though this is pretty much a cut and paste action plot, I still thought it wasn't toally horrible.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 14 Aug 2007
18
9th
Crime is a disease, and this film is a CRIME! The funniest thing is, the book was about how Vigilates are aPROBLEM, NOT a solution...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
shmendrekShmendrek
Rated 10 Jul 2007
1
10th
Cosmatos is an eccentric old man who makes bad films. My favorite part of this one is the robots and homeless people montage (duh). I agree with other reviewers that this all boils down to paranoid right-wing propaganda.
Rated 10 Jul 2007
gleebgleeb
Rated 06 Jul 2007
15
1st
Laughably bad, but not laughably enough.
Rated 06 Jul 2007
askailAskail
Rated 04 Jun 2007
29
4th
80's cheese as far as the eye can see. If that's a good or bad thing, is up to you.
Rated 04 Jun 2007
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 21 Feb 2007
5
0th
One of the worst films I've ever seen the best thing in it was the car he drove hence me giving this film 5 points.
Rated 21 Feb 2007

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