Cobra is a 1986 crime film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen, and Andrew Robinson. The film received negative reviews. However it was a theatrical success and debuted at the number one spot on the U.S. box office. The screenplay by Stallone was originally written for the film Beverly Hills Cop. It was loosely based on the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling, which was later filmed under that title in 1995. He had wanted to make a less comedic, more action-oriented film. When he left that project, Eddie Murphy was brought in to play the... lead role. Marion Cobretti, codenamed "Cobra", is a police officer from a division of the Los Angeles Police Department known as the "Zombie Squad". He is called into a hostage situation at a grocery store when negotiations fail. Cobretti kills the gunman, but before his death the criminal mumbles of a New Order: a group of Neo Fascists who believe in killing the weak and leaving only the strongest and themselves to live and rule the world.
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| Release date: | May 23, 1986 |
| Directed by: | George Pan Cosmatos |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 87 Minutes |
| Producer: | Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, Dolly Hall |
| Editor: | James R. Symons, Don Zimmerman |
| Music by: | Sylvester Levay |
| Cinematography: | Ric Waite |
| Screenplay by: | Sylvester Stallone, Paula Gosling |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |