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Cobra (1986)

Rate: 10
Viewed: 12/02, 6/03, 11/03, 4/04, 11/04, 12/06, 2/08, 10/10, 1/17, 8/20

Cobra
12/06: Marion Cobretti is among the best characters to ever grace the silver screen.

Can anything be more exciting than Cobra? It's maybe the most aesthetic neo-noir picture made. Sylvester Stallone has outdone himself this time by creating one of the coolest characters in movie history through Marion Cobretti, the pride of the Zombie Squad.

The critics' hate for Stallone is completely undeserving because he's a great storyteller with creative imagination. Fantastic writing, action sequences, and style all make the film work.

All in all, Cobra is a neo-noir masterpiece.

2/08: Seeing it for the seventh time in the past six years, Cobra still hasn't failed to entertain me.

It might be the most creative Stallone picture made. The neo-noir look is what makes it exciting. Without the character development through Marion Cobretti with his cool toys, it will have been another mindless actioner.

Some of the best parts are: the reading of crime statistics during the intro, the ultra cool-looking '50 Mercury car, the matchstick on Cobra's mouth, the car chase which rivals Bullitt, the Mercury spinning around to the rear as Cobra uses his Jati-Matic on the truck, the distinctive-looking knife, the night slasher's comical pig speech, the overlarge sunglasses, and the shopping market incident.

All in all, I don't care how many times I've seen Cobra because it's my kind of movie.

10/10: There are many great scenes in Cobra that make it one of the best neo-noir movies made.

Kudos to Sylvester Stallone when it comes to his unbridled creativity, James Symons and Don Zimmerman for the editing, and Ric Waite for the cinematography. There's never been a film like it before or since then. It's been confirmed that the main star, not George P. Cosmatos, was the true director.

All in all, Cobra is an underrated neo-noir policier.

1/17: Cobra stills holds up and makes for a fast viewing because it's too much fun to watch.

8/20: Sylvester Stallone is a genius when it comes to action-packed motion pictures.