Cobra (1986 film)

Cobra
Cobra
	Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by	George P. Cosmatos
Screenplay by	Sylvester Stallone
Based on	Fair Game; by Paula Gosling
Produced by	Menahem Golan; Yoram Globus
Starring	Sylvester Stallone; Brigitte Nielsen; Reni Santoni;
Cinematography	Ric Waite
Edited by	James R. Symons ; Don Zimmerman
Music by	Sylvester Levay
Production; company	The Cannon Group
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 23, 1986;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$160 million

Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and written by Sylvester Stallone, who stars in the titular role. The film, which is loosely based on the novel A Running Duck by Paula Gosling (later published as Fair Game and filmed under that title in 1995), co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson.^[5] Cobra follows Lt. Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, who investigates a string of violent crimes and also protects a witness targeted by the perpetrators.

Cobra is the final film which featured the collaboration between Stallone and Nielsen after Rocky IV (1985) and until Creed II (2018), and the only film the pair are both featured in while married to one another in real life. The script was largely inspired by Stallone's original script for Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

Cobra was released to generally negative reviews with criticism on its excessive violence and overuse of genre tropes, but it was a box office success and also has since been considered as a cult classic.^[6]^[7]

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