Cobra (1986)

Directed by

George P. Cosmatos

Genre

action film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,985 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tough LAPD detective nicknamed Cobra tracks down a gang that is committing a series of murders. He must protect a woman who witnessed their crimes.

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What happens

Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and written by Sylvester Stallone, who stars in the title role. The film, loosely based on the 1974 novel A Running Duck by Paula Gosling (later published as Fair Game and filmed under that title in 1995), co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson. Cobra follows Los Angeles police Lt. Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, who investigates a string of violent crimes and also protects Ingrid Knudsen, a witness targeted by the perpetrators. Cobra is the final film which featured the collaboration between Stallone and Nielsen after Rocky IV (1985) until Creed II (2018), and the only film the pair are both featured in while married to one another in real life, before their divorce a year later. The script was largely inspired by Stallone's original script for Beverly Hills Cop (1984). Cobra was released to generally negative reviews with criticism on its excessive violence and overuse of genre tropes, but it was a box office success and has since been considered a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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