I like Cobra. He's a cool, no nonsense cop that kills bad guys. But let's be honest; he and Dirty Harry are one and the same.
What were Dirty Harry's characteristics? A rough around the edges, no nonsense cop that killed bad guys and had a disdain for the laws that helped bad guys go free. That was also Cobra. Cobra was a 1980's version of Dirty Harry.
Switching gears: who knew this movie would be psychic? The movie starts with an active shooter in a grocery store who's shooting for no good reason. That's the last 15 years or so in a nutshell. Just a few days ago we had a gunman at the Gilroy Garlic Festival kill and injure a bunch of people. The biggest difference between the movie shooter and the shooters we have in real life is that the movie shooter was shooting mostly produce, real life shooters aren't shooting produce.
The main story of Cobra was a killer (or killers) randomly attacking and killing women. The killer was dubbed the Night Slasher which I'm sure was a play on the Night Stalker who was active in California from 1984 to 1985. One woman, Ingrid (Brigitte Nielsen), got away from the Night Slasher and had to be protected by none other than Cobra. I know what you're thinking: "the hero got the girl." I contend that she kisses all the guys though so he's not special.
This was a shoot 'em up bang-bang movie working its way towards the inevitable showdown. Cobra gets style points because anyone can shoot but not many can do it while looking cool.
What were Dirty Harry's characteristics? A rough around the edges, no nonsense cop that killed bad guys and had a disdain for the laws that helped bad guys go free. That was also Cobra. Cobra was a 1980's version of Dirty Harry.
Switching gears: who knew this movie would be psychic? The movie starts with an active shooter in a grocery store who's shooting for no good reason. That's the last 15 years or so in a nutshell. Just a few days ago we had a gunman at the Gilroy Garlic Festival kill and injure a bunch of people. The biggest difference between the movie shooter and the shooters we have in real life is that the movie shooter was shooting mostly produce, real life shooters aren't shooting produce.
The main story of Cobra was a killer (or killers) randomly attacking and killing women. The killer was dubbed the Night Slasher which I'm sure was a play on the Night Stalker who was active in California from 1984 to 1985. One woman, Ingrid (Brigitte Nielsen), got away from the Night Slasher and had to be protected by none other than Cobra. I know what you're thinking: "the hero got the girl." I contend that she kisses all the guys though so he's not special.
This was a shoot 'em up bang-bang movie working its way towards the inevitable showdown. Cobra gets style points because anyone can shoot but not many can do it while looking cool.