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Cobra (1986)
Rate:
10
Viewed:
12/02, 6/03, 11/03, 4/04, 11/04, 12/06, 2/08, 10/10, 1/17, 8/20, 10/25
12/06:
Marion Cobretti is among the best characters to ever grace the silver screen.
Can anything be more exciting than Cobra? Sylvester Stallone has outdone himself this time by creating
one of the coolest characters in movie history through Marion Cobretti, the pride of the Zombie Squad.
The critics' hate for Stallone is completely undeserving because he's a bona fide storyteller with a creative
imagination. Fantastic writing, action sequences, and style all make the film work.
All in all, Cobra is an aesthetic neo-noir masterpiece.
2/08:
Seeing it for the seventh time in the past six years, Cobra still hasn't failed to entertain me.
It might be the most creative Stallone picture made. The neo-noir look is what makes it exciting.
Without the character development through Marion Cobretti with his cool toys, it would've been another
mindless policier.
Some of the best parts are: the reading of crime statistics during the intro, the ultra cool-looking '50
Mercury car, the matchstick on Cobra's mouth, the car chase which rivals
Bullitt, the Mercury spinning around to the rear as Cobra uses his Jatimatic
on the truck, the distinctive-looking knife, the night slasher's comical pig speech, the overlarge sunglasses,
and the shopping market incident.
All in all, I don't care how many times I've seen Cobra because it's my kind of movie.
10/10:
Sylvester Stallone is a genius when it comes to action-packed motion pictures.