Cobra - Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]

One great classic!!

Great old movie

Hard to find this oldy, But fun movie !

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.STORYA 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.CHARACTERSTo 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 SCENESCobra 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).SOUNDTRACKThe 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 PLACEMENTThe 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 WORDCobra 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.

Cult classic

Nice & old movie

Great Ole skool movie!!!

The moment in slys career where he became aware of 80’s action movie cliches and used it to his advantage…..and ours.

Esta edição gringa do filme Cobra tem um novo master e com isso a qualidade da imagem é bem superior a edição brazuca. Ela tb vem carregada de extras. Pena que não tem nem legendas nem dublagem em português, mas se isso não for problema pra você, com certeza vale a pena!

un autre tres bon film de Stallone

Super super super Film, toller Service

J'ai constaté que sur la face avant de la pochette était écrit en anglais alors que sur la photo de l'annonce tout est en français, je trouve cela dommage de mettre une photo qui ne correspond pas tout à fait à ce que j'ai reçu, j'aurais aimé avoir la pochette en français. Concernant le film c'est très bon et l'audio et en 2.0 pour la piste son français.Lu avec lecteur blu-ray et visionner sur TV UHD 55 pouces.

Mauvaise qualités en tous