Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageCobra (1986)
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
With Stallone as a Dirty Harry-style cop, suffice it to say that there is not nearly enough violence. No one is eviscerated. The villains, all mumblers to a man, are not punished by having their tongues cut out. The body count is only somewhere in the high eighties - and most of these are simply gunned down with a deplorable lack of invention. Very little is done by way of eye-gouging, limb-crushing or tooth-extraction. There are only two points of interest. First, the wimpy liberal cop who wants to do everything by the book is played by Robinson, the man who was once the nastiest killer of the '70s, Scorpio in Dirty Harry. Second, Sly has good taste in cars: a chopped '49 Mercury lead-sled with Nitrous Oxide injection. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson, John Herzfeld full cast
Duration: 87 mins
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Has David Cronenberg turned tame?
Has director David Cronenberg veered too far from his radical and bloody roots with new film 'A Dangerous Method'?
The 10 worst date movies
Just in time for Valentine's Day, we present ten of the least romantic films ever made
Where to watch this year's Oscar-nominated films
Find out where to watch 2012's Oscar-nominated films in London cinemas
10 unlikely badboy biopics
Featuring Phil Collins, Jeremy Clarkson, Nick Clegg, David Starkey and a host of other unlikely subjects
Interview: Sean Durkin on 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
The first-time director of the brilliant new thriller discusses religious cults and robot boxing
Pop-up cinema for Valentine's Day
Side-step romantic clichés with some alternative Valentine’s viewing
What do you think?
Post your review now