Cobra (1986)
Country: US
Technical: col 87m
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Andy Robinson
Synopsis:
As L.A. succumbs to gang violence, one-man army 'Cobra' Cobretti, a cop who seems to operate outside the law completely, makes it his mission to protect a key witness to a cult that seems to be randomly targeting civilians. She is also a model with very long legs.
Review:
Stallone teamed up with his Rambo director Cosmatos to assay this Dirty Harry-esque fable about a ruthless cop burdened by an antagonistic police chief (Robinson, ironically the serial killer in the Siegel film). Moral questions are perfunctorily raised, only to be swept aside by a tide of modish directorial effects: flashy editing, portentous shots such as birds taking startled flight from telegraph wires, electronic music and plentiful mayhem. That the latter is relatively bloodless only serves to underline the commercial aesthetic at play here, just as the hero's humorous asides point up the cynicism of the enterprise. In short, the archetypal Reagan-era cop thriller: solutions at the point of a gun.
Country: US
Technical: col 87m
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Andy Robinson
Synopsis:
As L.A. succumbs to gang violence, one-man army 'Cobra' Cobretti, a cop who seems to operate outside the law completely, makes it his mission to protect a key witness to a cult that seems to be randomly targeting civilians. She is also a model with very long legs.
Review:
Stallone teamed up with his Rambo director Cosmatos to assay this Dirty Harry-esque fable about a ruthless cop burdened by an antagonistic police chief (Robinson, ironically the serial killer in the Siegel film). Moral questions are perfunctorily raised, only to be swept aside by a tide of modish directorial effects: flashy editing, portentous shots such as birds taking startled flight from telegraph wires, electronic music and plentiful mayhem. That the latter is relatively bloodless only serves to underline the commercial aesthetic at play here, just as the hero's humorous asides point up the cynicism of the enterprise. In short, the archetypal Reagan-era cop thriller: solutions at the point of a gun.
Country: US
Technical: col 87m
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Andy Robinson
Synopsis:
As L.A. succumbs to gang violence, one-man army 'Cobra' Cobretti, a cop who seems to operate outside the law completely, makes it his mission to protect a key witness to a cult that seems to be randomly targeting civilians. She is also a model with very long legs.
Review:
Stallone teamed up with his Rambo director Cosmatos to assay this Dirty Harry-esque fable about a ruthless cop burdened by an antagonistic police chief (Robinson, ironically the serial killer in the Siegel film). Moral questions are perfunctorily raised, only to be swept aside by a tide of modish directorial effects: flashy editing, portentous shots such as birds taking startled flight from telegraph wires, electronic music and plentiful mayhem. That the latter is relatively bloodless only serves to underline the commercial aesthetic at play here, just as the hero's humorous asides point up the cynicism of the enterprise. In short, the archetypal Reagan-era cop thriller: solutions at the point of a gun.