After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

It's sad that Cobra is so darn violent, because it has a lot of good stuff in it, stuff like:1. How Cobra feels like something out of an old pulp magazine, like The Spider. The tough vigilante gunslinger dressed in black, a secret society of villains that are pure evil, helpless police, a super-fast car, a damsel in distress. It's a low budget movie that feels so big and epic. "Cobra" even sounds like the title of a pulp magazine. If you changed a few things, this could have been a pretty good Spider movie.2. The villains are scary, and believable. A secret society based on Darwinian principles. One can easily imagine a group of psychopaths inspired by someone like Richard Dawkins or Peter Singer kill off of people they deem "weak". And Brian Thompson is great as the boss. Almost makes me forget his role in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.3. Robert Tepper's music sets the mood.4. Stallone as Cobra. He's a tough guy with a heart of gold. It's amazing that they didn't make more movies about this character. The matchstick, the sunglasses...he's so cool and tough that it becomes hilarious.5. Surprisingly, no unnecessary sex scenes/nudity. There is, however, some disturbing references to sexual violence, and the movie is pretty violent and gritty. I know, I know...it's an action movie where Rambo fights a gang of dangerous serial killers, but still. It is possible to make dark and gritty movies without all of the gory violence. And then there's the language. Had they toned it down a bit, I would have liked it much better.But, for all it's faults, I'll admit that Cobra still is a pretty exciting movie. A combination of pulse pounding action and chilling horror. If you like pulp magazines, you will probably like Cobra. And if you like Cobra, maybe you should check out some pulps?

After the success of his Rocky and Rambo film franchises, Sylvester Stallone tried to create a similar phenomenon with "Cobra". Let's just say that it spawned no sequels.For a basic plot summary, Cobra focuses on "specialty" cop Marion "Cobra" Cobretti (Stallone), a part of the Zombie Squad, a special unit given nearly free reign to stomp out crime in the big city. While on the case of the seemingly unstoppable Night Slasher (Brian Thompson), Cobra comes across a key eyewitness (Bridgette Nielson) whom he must both protect and help lead him to the killer.The problem with this film is that, at its core, it really just re-hashes some old themes from cop flicks like Dirty Harry and Death Wish. Stallone's character struggles with the standard police power structure as well as envisions himself as a sort of vigilante, both themes that have already been beaten to death and in much more interesting form.Another glaring weakness is the lack of personal depth to the Cobra character. I wanted to know how/why Cobretti become the man he is, but that subject was never even touched on. Instead, the prolonged action sequences and automatic gunfire took precedence.Thus, I cannot endorse this effort as anything that rises above Stallone's other mindless action fare. Just too many tired themes and no character development.

Cutting a Pizza with a scissors is enough for me of why this movie is awesome first and most important Stallone is hilarious and amazing he totally owns the role, also Brigitte Nielsen is pretty good too and Brian Thompson in his 2nd and probably last good performance 2 years before this movie came out he looked like a skeleton now 2 years later the dude is ripped as hell. Let's also not forget the amazing soundtrack like 'Feel The Heat' and 'Angel Of The City' easily one of my favorite movies of Stallone next to Rambo, Rocky, Expendables and many many more. It's not meant to be taken seriously but it's one hell of an experience. Cobra is without a doubt a classic movie and it gets an A+

Not sure how many people know this but this was going to be Beverly Hills Cop. Imagine that. Stallone was first asked to do Beverly Hills cops and he came up with few revision for the script which changed the whole genre, from light comedy and few action to simply action and much more action. But who didn't like Stallone's Cobra? This guy was more of a Bad ass then most criminals are today.As bad as this going to sound, I happen to enjoy this movie, it's so cheesy and sleazy and impossible not to like! Stallone mumbles and grunts his way through the film whilst Ms. Nielsen is nothing more than eye candy. Reni Santori mugs for the camera and does his best to deliver his goofy and inane dialog as the movie's designated comic relief. He also has bad timing in these movies because something always happens to him. The villains are pretty straight forward sweaty and delusional psychos who need to learn some basic manners.