Cobra - Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]

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Opinions on this movie seem to be divided, but I quite like it. Director George.P. Cosmatos has directed many excellent action and suspense films, but this one, perhaps because it was written by Sylvester Stallone, is a film by Stallone, for Stallone, and once you understand that it's essentially a “film to enjoy Stallone,” it makes quite a bit of sense. There's a scene where he grabs the reporter who's waving his "basic human rights" around by the collar and yells at him, which is quite refreshing. The whole thing feels more TV-friendly, though. It would have been better if the actress playing his co-star had been a little smaller or more frail. However, this is a film that I would recommend to anyone who wants to clear their mind and enjoy a movie in their spare time. That “Cobra” has been revived in stunning 4K high definition by Arrow. Naturally, the light reproduction and shadow detail rendered in 12-bit Dolby Vision are magnificent in every scene. If you're a Starlon fan, this is a must-have. I highly recommend it.

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First of all, I'd like to say that while Cobra isn't a masterpiece by any stretch, I don't think it really deserves the backlash that it's gotten ever since its release 25 years prior. Cobra is one of those movies that doesn't break any new ground or provide anymore insight into the "dirty cop" or "vigilante" genres pioneered by such movies like Dirty Harry (1971) and Death Wish (1974), but I'd be lying if I told all of you that I didn't enjoy watching this one. I say that Cobra is Dirty Harry's more aggressive little brother because much like Dirty Harry, it's about a cop who feels the police procedures and the rights of the accused are holding him back from catching the bad guys, but unlike the Clint Eastwood crime-thriller classic, Cobra glorifies the brutal vigilante justice committed against the antagonists of the movie. I believe casting Andrew Robinson (the Scorpio killer in DH) and Reni Santoni (Chico Gonzales in DH, whose also named Gonzales in Cobra) was deliberate as to draw in the Dirty Harry crowd. STORY A cult of serial killers lead by a psycho named the Night Slasher (Brian Thompson) is terrorizing Los Angeles, and when a model named Ingrid (Brigitte Nielsen) witnesses a murder by the Night Slasher's cult, she becomes a target. However, a specialist cop named Marion "Cobra" Cobretti (Sylvester Stallone) and his partner Gonzales are assigned to protect Ingrid and find the Night Slasher. Cobra is best known for his unorthodox methods in dealing with criminals that would normally break standard police procedure, and has anger problems. CHARACTERS To be honest, don't expect much depth out of any of the characters. However, there is some good characterization for select ones. Cobra doesn't really have any depth, but he spouts out lots of cheesy yet memorable one-liners like "Go ahead, I don't shop here" and "You're the disease, and I'm the cure" that'll make any 80's action buff happy (like myself). Also, Stallone does a good job portraying the vigilante cop with a charmingly one-sided right-wing view on how to deal with crime as he's all muscle and has absolutely no regard for the crooks. Brian Thompson plays an excellent Night Slasher since he looks and acts like a beast. I'd normally scorn the fact that his character lacks depth as we really don't know why he leads a cult of murder other than the whole "kill the weak so only the strong remain" brute philosophy, but I find the simplicity in this charming because for a simple 80's action thriller like this, it feels perfect that the antagonist is evil just because. The Night Slasher's followers, especially the one who holds an armed robbery in a grocery store in the beginning, are delightfully over-the-top in their "evil" factor. I personally wish that Gonzales had more screentime because I found his dialogue with Cobra about junkfood entertaining precisely for how hokey it is. Ingrid is a bucket of cliches since she's an ideal embodiment of the "damsel in distress" since she always needs Cobra and Gonzales to protect her and has no depth to her. ACTION SCENES Cobra is pretty off-kilter compared to most other blood-soaked 80's action flicks because in the beginning, it feels like it'll be a slasher thriller given the ominous main theme and the shots of the Night Slasher cult clinking axes in a derelict warehouse and the scenes of the Night Slasher slaying his victims in the dark. However, easily by the halfway point of the movie, it takes a steep turn into action territory when the Night Slasher's gang ambushes Cobra on the road and it ensues into a giant chase scene, and after that, dozens and dozens of the killers storm Cobra's hideout and surprise surprise, Cobra's prepared with a submachine gun (complete with a giant laser scope) and grenades that result in a huge body count. The action scenes are pretty darn cool because it's just so much fun to see Stallone hiding in a trailer house landing perfect shots against the scum on motorcycles and dishing out rather painful deaths to the cult in the factory. Some examples of these are when one of the killers walks through a series of flammable pipes, Cobra releases the gas valve, which shoots out flammable gas near open flames and torches the creep. The other is when Cobra hides behind a barrel of fuel, a rifleman accidentally shoots the barrel and gets soaked in gas, then Cobra drops a lit match on him, which leads to some pretty bright and hot results. The final confrontation between Cobra and the Night Slasher at the end is one of the most brutal I've seen in a movie like this and like any well-made 80's action flick, is loaded with brutal violence (too good to spoil, you have to see it yourself). SOUNDTRACK The soundtrack reeks of the 80's (in a nostalgic, fun way). It's a mix of 80's synthesizer instrumentals and popular pop rock from the decade. The pop songs add that mandatory 80's feel to the movie and the synth instrumentals have some diversity. The main theme is the most memorable as it's a primarily synth-based composition with a wholly dark tone (it somewhat reminds me of some compositions at the hands of Brad Fiedel from the first Terminator movie), but some others have much more of an upbeat feeling to them and would probably fit pretty well in a Sega Genesis-era Sonic the Hedgehog game. PRODUCT PLACEMENT The product placement in Cobra is pretty amusing and given the numerous shots of Pepsi signs and Pepsi display items (such as that huge cup with the spinning transparent spiral caramel rod that looks like pouring cola in the grocery story, which I fondly remember seeing in my own youth), I'm having a really tough time figuring out who placed the most funding for a product plug-in compared to the other products clearly featured in the movie (like RC and Coca Cola). I don't know why, but the really vintage Toy's R Us Christmas commercial playing on the TV in Cobra's apartment really stuck with me. FINAL WORD Cobra isn't a masterpiece, but it isn't a terrible movie, either. If you're a junkie for simplistic 80's action and thriller movies with all the cliches you've come to expect with a few original nuances, then this will sit comfortably in your collection.

• Blu-Ray looks & sounds amazing. ▪︎ Great upgrade/transfer. 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 🎟 🎬 A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans. • All the disc specifications including art, extras & special features are exactly as listed.

Cobra 4K from Arrow does not disappoint. The film looks amazing in ultra HD and set includes lots of interesting extras. A great addition to any Arrow collection.

freaked me out as a kid. I very vividly remember spending the night at a school buddy's house in 5th grade, and his Dad rented this for us. We ate pizza and played video games, and then we watched this at night, right before lights out. Ha. Not exactly a kid's movie, and it was a little bit different back then. I remember the scene of the "meeting" the bad guys are having with everyone clanging their axes together in some sort of ritual, and I was just like, "Yikes!" Haha. Was happy to pick this up on 4K and watching it many years later, it's pretty tame by today's standards, violence wise, but it's still an effectively creepy movie that will have you rooting for Cobretti to take down the bad guys, they're evil scum here. Very creepy main villain in this movie, the guy just looks the part. And of course, he had one of the baddest looking weapons in movie history. I was very surprised to hear years later that this movie was actually a huge box office success. Surprised there was no sequel. Nice presentation here of an 80's classic, but very dark, action flick.

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Loved the directors commentary

La calidad de imagen es correcta para un dvd y una película de los '80. El idioma es Castellano. El producto estaba en perfecto estado, bien embalado y sin un arañazo. La entrega fue rápida y sin problemas.