What a hideous, pathetic film.
The Hollywood story goes that Stallone was originally tapped to play "Beverly Hills Cop", but that he didn't want to play up the comedy so much. He wanted it to be a "Stallone Film(tm)". Thank the stars that those in charge dumped Sly and retooled "Cop" for Eddie Murphy. "Cobra", as the story has it, is Stallone's idea of what "Beverly Hills Cop" should have been.
There are always people who will say "oh, just because it's a brainless action flick doesn't mean it's bad." That's okay for a small budget production like "Death Race 2000" (which also features Stallone). "Cobra", on the other hand, is a big budget movie with a 2 dollar script and 50 cents worth of direction. It's hard to believe that this is essentially the same guy who wrote "Rocky".
This movie is more than stupid; it actually reaches out from the screen and transfers some of its stupidity right into your head. You walk away with a feeling of being dumber for having watched it - especially if you paid to see it.
Stallone acts horribly. The script makes no sense - any episode of "Starsky & Hutch" seems like Hemingway by comparison. The action isn't just unbelievable (all action flicks are that way), but it's also just plain stupid. Cobra stands firing a gun in the back of a speeding pickup on a dirt road at high speed as the back end of the truck fishtails in the gravel.
No, it's not the worst film in the world. It's not even Stallone's worst. It is nonetheless absolutely, unforgiveably horrid.
The Hollywood story goes that Stallone was originally tapped to play "Beverly Hills Cop", but that he didn't want to play up the comedy so much. He wanted it to be a "Stallone Film(tm)". Thank the stars that those in charge dumped Sly and retooled "Cop" for Eddie Murphy. "Cobra", as the story has it, is Stallone's idea of what "Beverly Hills Cop" should have been.
There are always people who will say "oh, just because it's a brainless action flick doesn't mean it's bad." That's okay for a small budget production like "Death Race 2000" (which also features Stallone). "Cobra", on the other hand, is a big budget movie with a 2 dollar script and 50 cents worth of direction. It's hard to believe that this is essentially the same guy who wrote "Rocky".
This movie is more than stupid; it actually reaches out from the screen and transfers some of its stupidity right into your head. You walk away with a feeling of being dumber for having watched it - especially if you paid to see it.
Stallone acts horribly. The script makes no sense - any episode of "Starsky & Hutch" seems like Hemingway by comparison. The action isn't just unbelievable (all action flicks are that way), but it's also just plain stupid. Cobra stands firing a gun in the back of a speeding pickup on a dirt road at high speed as the back end of the truck fishtails in the gravel.
No, it's not the worst film in the world. It's not even Stallone's worst. It is nonetheless absolutely, unforgiveably horrid.