Cobra - The Best Movie You Never Saw
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine.
Based on the column created by Paul Shirey and currently written by Chris Bumbray for JoBlo.com, this video version of the column features narration by Bumbray and editing by Lance Vlcek. For our tenth episode, we take a look at COBRA, starring Sylvester Stallone!
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#SylvesterStallone #Cobra #RamboLastBlood
"I'll blow this place up!"
"Go ahead... I don't shop here"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Classic and had glasses on the whole time lol
"You're a disease and I'm the cure."
Lol
I absolutely love the aesthetic of Cobra, both the whole movie and his character's costume/design, the mannerisms, behaviour and atitude are just the cherry on top. A lot of people would call it cheesy, but I genuinely think he looks cool as hell.
It’s definitely cheesy, but it’s still slick and cool, and makes for a cult classic
The '80's were amazing for movies. So many HUGE blockbusters and cool shit came out back then. I miss those days.
The man cuts his pizza with scissors. SCISSORS.
That's the best part of the movie...everytime I clean my barreta I eat left over pizza. Only difference is I live in miami beach instead of venice beach.
David Tennit for life!! Only way i could tell you that sorry to ruin the video XD
@@ConnorSings23 You like David Tennant but spell his last name wrong? Weak...
Fun fact.
Scissors are an awesome kitchen utensil for cutting so many things including meat.
I wish I ate pizza.
Suddenly i want to cut some up with scissors.
I still have the VHS copy!
This movie perfectly represents the action movie genre at the time
Classic Stallone
Keep it for ever and ever and...
Cool... I have Demolition man... Sly is the best... He was the inspiration for Kung Fury.
Roy Van De Donk that’s true
I've got the DVD. This was a great time for movies ('84-'86)
Movies mentioned as coming out around the same time: Rocky 4, Back to the Future, Top Gun, Rambo. Other movies that came out in 1986: Platoon, Aliens, The Fly, Star Trek 4. What a golden age of movies.
The year of 1984 has a bunch of great movies.
1987 is my all time favourite year for movies..
Also 'Transformers: The Movie' came out in 1986. Another cult classic!
Steven Turner .80s was the decade of cool movies and cartoons..now its all downhilll
@@grantmcgowan8399 1987 my favorite year for albums too- Slippery When Wet hit no.1 (released 1986), Hysteria (no.1), Whitesnake album, Megadeth Peace Sells Who's Buying chcarts etc, Depeche Mode's Music for the Masses, Joe Satriani's Surfing with the Alien, Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation et
As a teenager I watched this film over and over.. it’s not a great film, but it has a great style & look to it. With Stallone playing a supercool character 😎 Love it !
Kristian ...yes..i remember as a kid saying how cool Stallone looked! He was like judge dredd without the cosfume!
Your the disease, I’m the cure.
Back on the Block!
Nothing wrong with that.
the stallone impression is hilarious
I actually saw this in the theater as a teenager (yeah, old). It’s a real time capsule of a movie.
I saw it opening day twice! I was an 18 year old college student at the time.
I own the Cobra knife - bought it after seeing the movie as a kid!
I got the glasses in my Jersey Shore party years lol
Me too. There are inexpensive versions out there, but I, and assume you,have the original Japanese one, with a medallion mounted on it, with either a demon face, or the word Fury with a delta below.
This is the reason I eat pizza the way I do now because of how he ate pizza in the film. Love this movie
Darwin Espinoza ...i remember he cut like a 1/3rd of the pizza and ate it..not sure why i remember that as a kid
@@robdcollector2808 he cut it with scissors
✂ 🍕 👍
because of this movie i discoverd Pizza
Tango and Cash is pretty great too, Demolition Man is a masterpiece
Action Jackson
You're a disease and I'm the cure.
One of the best one liners EVER.
I used to watch this movie a lot when I was a kid. My family and I had HBO growing up and they used to play this movie all the time. This movie scared the lights of out of me. Brian Thompson was so frightening to me as a child. It definitely a good 80's movie.
Stallone's biggest crime was never making a sequel to this. I want more of this character. This movie was a cool and unique mix of a cop film like Dirty Harry and also an 80's slasher horror film. It had a cool 80's soundtrack too. Sly also looked real cool in this movie. The opening scene in the supermarket was one of the best ever. It also has many great one liners. It actually might be my favorite movie.
Rip George P. Cosmatos. Thank you for providing your contribution to the action film genre.
I'm old enough to have seen this in the theater at the time. It is a unique entry in Stallone's filmography and - thanks to this video - I'm off to stream it now.
Funny timing on this, because just yesterday, in the psychobabble of my mind, Stallone's line near the end of the film, " This is where the law stops, and I start, " randomly popped into memory. So, I can safely say, I've seen this film more than once or twenty times.
I’m pretty sure any action fan would of seen this movie 🤦🏼♂️
Yep. I've seen it several times.
Seen it
It was on my top ten list as a kid, I think right under the lord of the rings the two towers.
have
And and true movie fan knows that this movie sucks ass like 98% of Cannon Group Films do.
This is one of my all-time favorite Stallone action movies. Fun fact about Brian Thompson: Brain played Shao Khan in "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation".
The most fun fact about him is he was killed by both Stallone in this and Arnold in the first Terminator.
“If you’re the disease, then I’m the cure”
Stallone is the man
Yeah definitely and on top of that he had a badass car. I believe it's a MERCURY
@@adrienrelongoue760 correct, mercury coupe, 1948 right?
One of my favorite action movie from the 80s. Back in the days, it fit perfectly on 180 min VHS with Commando. What a double feature... 👍
I was VERY fortunate to find a DVD with "Cobra" on one side and "Tango and Cash" on the other.
It's worth watching for the supermarket scene alone. When Cobra/Stallone says "Go ahead, I don't shop here," is a genius line.
Man, I wish we would've gotten a legit Cobra franchise...
I think they would've found their stride with a 2nd one.
Grew up watching this movie, saw it more than 50 times, and loved it all 50 times.
Cobra has often been compared to Dirty Harry due to the fact Reni Santino appears in both films along with Andrew Robinson. The thing is Cobra and Dirty Harry are two very different films...yes Cobra and Harry Callahan are maverick cops who breaks the rules but they are different in there approach on breaking the rules
Callahan only breaks the rules because he sees that the system is broken. He is disgusted with
the system's failures and his own moral compromises he had to make to bring Scorpio to justice.
It seemed to me that is why he threw away his badge. The system doesn't work and he didn't
want to be the guy having to break its rules so other men could keep their consciouses clean
supporting a failed system.
Cobretti aside from Andrew Garfield's bureaucrat Lieutenant is looked upon as something of a necessary evil by his bosses because he gets results. His "Zombie squad" is something of an
admission by his bosses that some officers need to "Let off the chain" to deal with the new breed
of super-violent criminals on the streets. Cobretti embraces his role with no regrets.
He doesn't seem worried about the failure of the overall criminal justice system. He's allowed
to do what needs to be done even if some officials are disgusted by his methods and he's ok
with that.
@@TheLAGopher I love your analysis and now after reading it I agree. Cobra is a necessary evil. His bosses don't want to let him off his leash but they knows they have to. Sometimes committing acts of necessary evil for the greater good is the right thing to do. Callahan hates the system one minute and in the next acknowledges the system is broken but sticks with the system until a better one comes along
Cobra ripped the cholo's shirt to expose him as a snitch to the other thugs ( he was wearing a wire ) ..that's what I thought was happening.
YES!
Yeah how the fuck did he not get that lmao I have even seen the movie and I understood that
One of the best action movies of the eightiest that I can remember
This movie is a total classic! I’ve seen it 50 times since I was a kid.
His gun didn't run out of bullets when the bad guys was raiding the house!🤣
Haha I loved that acoustic rendition at the end of the video of John Cafferty's Voice of America's Sons. Mid-80s Stallone was the best. Everything from 82-88 = pure gold.
I absolutely love this film it has the best lines and is a darker take on Beverly Hills Cop films ok it's cheesy in places but its an instant classic I hope they release this on 4k as it would look super cool.... Also with Sly doing a new Rambo I hope he can revisit Cobra and Bring the character to the modern day in some way
"I'll blow this whole place up!"
"Go ahead, I don't shop here."
Still love that devil-may-care line.
Cobra was the one of the best 80s movie made I still have a pizza cutting scissors
Fun Movie. My Dad and my Uncle still say lines from the movie and they got me doing it.
“Just another A**hole who woke up hating the world”
“You’re a disease and I’m the cure”
“I don’t deal with psychos I put em away”
“Go away I don’t shop here”
My uncle loved the 1950 Mercury Monterey and was jokingly upset when the car got wrecked.
“...go ahead. I don’t shop here.”
😂😂
I also loved Sledge Hammer! This is one of the best Stallone movies!
They should have made Sledge Hammer and Cobretti partners in this instead. Missed opportunity.
"Sledge Hammer" was ahead of its genre(s). Am fortunate to have both seasons on DVD!
Use to watch this classic with my pops
Besides the "Your the disease Im the cure" a better scene and compares to real life situations. When a reporter rebuttals "who made you judge and jury, he had has rights". Cobra grabs him and shows up the body of dead young person "Tell that to his family"....That is a best scene to counter those who believe criminals have any rights
I haven’t seen this movie in 10 years but I will always remember that car chase and the car parking scene
I have loved Cobra since I first watched it as a kid. I never noticed the guy had a wire on him >,
Seen it more times than I can count
The license plate (AWSOM 50) is meant to be read as AWESOME Five-0, as in a cop.
hhhmmm interesting, I always took it as it was indicating the year of the car model... 1950 but interesting...
@@sanctuaryism you are correct it's a 1950 Mercury Monterey. Not 5.0 for cop.
I don't think "five-O" was a thing in the 80's. You started hearing that in the 90's. I could be wrong though.
@@Jar0fMay0 well, hawaii 5-0 came out well before cobra
Holy shit my childhood memories came flooding back in as soon as I heard crime is a disease and I'm the cure 😂😂😂
I’m so glad someone made this video, finally a youtuber I can agree with
I absolutely love Cobra, I hope Sylvester Stallone brings Cobra back!
I love the car! “You’re the disease. I’m the cure...”
This film is great. The closest thing to the original Terminator you could possibly get. Furthermore, you also see how Terminator 2 borrowed from this film as well.
Think about it;
*Stallone is dressed like a Terminator.
*He protects an innocent woman whose survival is vital if others are to survive.
*Instead of a ruthless, unfeeling cyborg as the killer, the antagonist(s) are cold, relentless cult killers.
*Watch the finale of Cobra and then watch the final showdown in T2.
This great movie has almost all aspects of the original Terminator film.
Y'all totally missed out on mentioning another great "supermarket shootout movie opener" with Stone Cold starring Brian "The boz" Bosworth. Another classic.
Here’s a fun fact. Originally, Stan Bush’s “The Touch” was written for this movie before being put in “The Transformers: The Movie.”
What are you talkin about nobody saw this? That movie was awesome! That custom 1950 Mercury Monterey Coupe is amazing!
Another great video, Chris!
Used to rip bong hits and watch this after school on the regular back in the 90’s 🙌🏻🤣
this movie is ART, as ALL in the 80s BEST decade was....really
Night of The Comet. See it before you die.
I could anyone say that no one has ever seen Cobra. Anyone who is a action fan has seen Cobra.
I saw this in the theaters as a kid I was eleven still one of my favorites
Sledge Hammer and Police Squad with Leslie Nielsen were the best comedy series ever written
Saw it when it first came out. It was awesome growing up in the 80's!
I was in the villians house once, we found his wallet and returned it, he was working on mortal kombat as shao kahn. He showed us a sneak peek of him killing Johnny cage, the backround was still green screened. He had a couple of baby pigs running around, he introduced us to his wife and kids. We left with a thanks and some mk autographs. One the coolest moments of our lives for sure.
Red5Wormy I've heard Brian thompson is really nice in real life although I'd shit my pants if I met all I'd see is him carrying that sharp as fuck knife he had in cobra lol
Marion was a nod to John Wayne. (Marion was his real first name).
Cobretti cutting his leftover pizza with scissors while cleaning his gun is the most memorable part of the movie. My testosterone levels rise everytime I watch that scene.
Luis Pichardo that's how bad asses eat pizza
If you never saw this movie as a kid in the 80's you were deprived of the complete 80's experience.
One of my favorite flicks with Sly and still love it. Especially his car 🚗 🔥🔥
The PEPSI product placement in the movie was overpowering!
i love the subtle quirks he has in thid movie, makes him seem to have an odd personality. lol love the pizza cutting for that.
Are ya kiddin me. This movie is the reason I've been holding a matchstick hangin outta my mouth every day for the last 30 years.
I just this moment finished watching this movie for the millionth time. One of my all time favorite action movies! "You have the right to remain silent" - Then lights match, flicks it and sets a guy on fire! Come on!
I had this on vhs as a kid. Known it word for word. Everyone I’ve ever met knows this flick.
It isn't Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza and Marion Cobretti hangs a man in a steel factory.
If your a movie buff or a lover of films you would of seen this. It's shame they haven't released the extended uncut version which is so hard to get hold of
Hard to get a hold of? Are you saying it's possible to see it?
@@bigkmoviesandgames there will be copies floating about somwhere, you can go to RUclips and see the delated scenes and also sometimes the US show the TV version also with this extended cut
@@davefilms345 interesting.
Great movie. Seen many times growing up. Good recap, enjoyed the video. 👍
Seen it two years ago. It was awesome.
This is also a gun guy movie. His pistol was made for him by colt. The submachine gun he uses was only made in small numbers and is extremely rare.
You mention Dirty Harry but don't mention that Cobra features both the villain and cop partner from that movie. Cobra is basically a remake of Dirty Harry and I doubt that it resembles the Fair Game book much except in the most basic elements. (My favorite scene in Cobra is where he drowns his french fries in ketchup - the greatest french fry kill count in movie history!)
Brigitte Nielsen was great in this movie. I loved the modeling scene and the hospital scenes with her. This movie is a classic action movie.
"Go ahead... I don't shop here"
The catch phrases in this movie were amazing 😂😂😂
The catch phrases in this movie were amazing 😂
Dude, I have the spiked handle Cobra Knife and it can shave the hairs off your arm with one stroke clean n smooth.
Uh... Every fan of classic and manly action movies saw this one, dude...
This was a successful movie back in 86. Everybody saw it and people probably seen it on HBO a dozen times or more. Stallone even jokes about all the movies he's made with five letters in it like Rocky Cobra Rambo Etc
One of Stallone’s best movies!
I love my 80's cheese any day !!!
In September 15, 1985, Emmy and Grammy winning legend Miss Pat Carroll of the Walt Disney Company who wrote about a golden age of projects:
"Because bigger is better." One of the best was "Cobra" (1986) for both Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment which star/writer
Sylvester Stallone re-teamed with director George P. Cosmatos, the duo who gave us their Oscar nominated hit, "Rambo: First Blood Part II."
It was bigger, faster, leaner and better than the 1996 so-so follow-up, "Fair Game" with William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford.
I'll never forget the line "You're the disease and I'm the cure"...
Impaled bad guy on a cranehook , and supermarket shootout. I seen that movie 100s of times.
I watched all the Stallone movies . I'm talkin F.I.S.T , Lords of Flatbush ...all of em
Ofcourse i saw Cobra. 5 times? Perhaps..... but this movie is SO 80's it will give you shoulderpads if you watch it now.
Saw this in the theater as a kid. Cant actually recall if I liked it, all I remember about the experience was walking out of that theater swearing that I'd rather die than not own that car.
This movie straight up ROCKS!
I always loved how the VHS box looked at the video store!
I saw this one. It was the usual fare, but the one i REALLY enjoyed Sly in was Copland! Great story, acting,directing, amazing cast.
I saw this movie over 30 years ago.
I wonder if Stalone would ever do a show were he’s at home with his buddy who lives in his garage.
Yeah everyone I know seen this movie and I’m 42. I grew up watching it periodically. I loved it. Had a lot of great aspects to it. It’s one of the few movies of Stallone’s that I unfortunately never got to see in the theater. I think because at the time it didn’t have much advertising so not many people even knew it was out. I barely remember seeing the trailer on tv at the time. Definitely a classic though that any generation can love
JoBlo you should cover the 1991 movie RUN, I'm pretty sure not many people saw it and its a good movie.
this is one of the 80s action classics, anyone who knows and is a fan of that genre and of Sly has seen this for sure
It's amongst my favorite Christmas movies.
one of my favorite 80s actioners
"Bobra" was a pretty popular B-movie action flick.
Man did I ever want that Merc (his car) for years after watching this movie on repeat as a kid. Need to do one on "Sneakers" or "Hudson Hawk" those were 2 more of my favorites no one talks about anymore. Great Vid!
Stallone has talked recently about making a streaming show based on Cobra following the "Zombie Squad" which he was supposed to be the leader of. I'd love to see this!
Over the Top next as an 80"s Stallone double feature.