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Cobra

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Cobra

R

1986

1h 23m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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17%

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23 Reviews

43%

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25,000+ Ratings

Los Angeles policeman Lt. Marion "Cobra" Cobretti (Sylvester Stallone) finds himself at the center of a spate of murders carried out by a secret society called New Order: killers who select "weak" members of society for extermination. As the murder rate rises, Cobra takes model Ingrid (Brigitte Nielsen) into protective custody after she witnesses New Order's leader in action. As Cobra falls for Ingrid, they find shelter in a small town, but must soon fight for survival.

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Critics Consensus

A disengaged Sylvester Stallone plays the titular Cobra with no bite in this leaden action thriller, queasily fixated on wanton carnage and nothing else.

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

The movie is such a textbook example of an exploitation cop movie that you can outline it like a schoolboy for easy reference...

Jan 3, 2018

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Variety Staff

Variety

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

May 6, 2008

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

It's fast-paced and full of gaudy action, yet it's thoroughly unsatisfying, largely because it's so lazy.

May 6, 2008

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

At least the picture builds to a rip-roaring showdown, like something out of a high-powered, bullet-laden, casualty-strewn neo-Western.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 25, 2024

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Peter Sobczynski

The Spool

It is such an exercise in pure unchecked and misplaced testosterone run amuck... that it exerts strange but undeniable fascination.

May 24, 2021

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Cobra is the dumbest, most indulgent possible iteration of the "America has become a cesspool of crime" subgenre popularized by Death Wish and executed with an actual brain by RoboCop.

Feb 7, 2019

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Steven D

Awesome 80's action slasher. One of Stallone's best and most violent movies. The body count ramps up in this one. Some of his best 1 liners of all time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Luis S

Good 80s cop movie. Don't understand the hate.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, stallone é bom como protagonista, e as cenas são boas, mas a história é fraca, o elenco não ajuda a melhorar o filme, e o vilão é ruim.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Adam's g

I really enjoy this morning still till this day I know it might not be everyone choice for a action movie but I do enjoy watching it over and over

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Audience Member

Classic Stallone movie. Watch with your family on Christmas. Does not deserve the hate it gets.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Carson P

Seriously why does this only have a 17 critics rating this is how you make a classic 80s action movie with impressive car chases and gunfights, Stallone was great in this film as the protagonist and I thought the villain was convincing enough to make me root against him. Critics need to understand better that this was a popcorn film that delivered what it promises and it’s still one of the better action films of the last three decades if not one of the critically acclaimed ones but it should be both and it isn’t no fair at all. This is one of my favorites of Stallone and it deserves a solid 8/10

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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George P. Cosmatos

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Ingrid

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Synopsis

Los Angeles policeman Lt. Marion "Cobra" Cobretti (Sylvester Stallone) finds himself at the center of a spate of murders carried out by a secret society called New Order: killers who select "weak" members of society for extermination. As the murder rate rises, Cobra takes model Ingrid (Brigitte Nielsen) into protective custody after she witnesses New Order's leader in action. As Cobra falls for Ingrid, they find shelter in a small town, but must soon fight for survival.

Director: George P. Cosmatos
Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Screenwriter: Sylvester Stallone
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, The Cannon Group
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.5M
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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