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 also stars in the titular role. The film co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson.^[5] Loosely based on the novel A Running Duck by Paula Gosling (later published as Fair Game and filmed under that title in 1995), Cobra follows police detective Marion "Cobra" Cobretti as he investigates a string of violent crimes while also protecting a witness targeted by the perpetrators.

Cobra is the second and final film which featured the collaboration between Stallone and Nielsen after Rocky IV (1985) until Creed II (2018), and their only film they worked together after their marriage before they divorced in 1987. The film's screenplay was largely inspired by Stallone's original screenplay for Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

Cobra was released to generally negative reviews with criticism focused on its excessive violence and overuse of genre tropes, but it was a box office success, earning $49 million in the U.S. and $160 million worldwide. It has since been considered a cult classic.^[6]^[7]

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