Why no sequel?
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Killswitch_6 — 16 years ago(January 09, 2010 01:48 AM)
This movie doesn't deserve a sequel. And this is coming from a fan of the 1980's, and most of its movies and music.
The way Sylvester Stallone delivers his lines in this film makes me cringe almost the entire time. It's like his acting skills, which
had
been getting better since
Rocky
, went in reverse evolution here. I suppose the director is partly to blame as well. But in any case, Stallone acted like a complete retarda retard with a match in his mouth.
On the bright side, the action was pretty good, just not good enough to overcome Stallone's train wreck performance.
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Tiberius27-1 — 16 years ago(January 22, 2010 12:39 AM)
What?
First, of all "Cobra" is an action film NOT "A Streetcar named Desire".
Second, Stallone was AT LEAST as good in it as Schwarzenegger in ANY of his films.
Third, what does "a complete retard" act like anyway? (Political correctness aside)
And finally, it DID deserve a sequel just as it DOES deserve & have a cult following.
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Killswitch_6 — 16 years ago(January 26, 2010 06:08 AM)
First, of all "Cobra" is an action film NOT "A Streetcar named Desire".
Yes, but Stallone still could've brought his acting skills up at least a notch or two above a third grade level.
Second, Stallone was AT LEAST as good in it as Schwarzenegger in ANY of his films.
No, from
Predator
(1987) and beyond, Arnold had certainly begun to increase his skills as an actor.
In general, Stallone's acting got better as time went on too, with just one exception : the piss-poor performance he gave in this atrocity known as
Cobra
(1986).
Third, what does "a complete retard" act like anyway? (Political correctness aside)
Well, there's 1) wooden acting, 2) expressionless facial features, 3) monotone voice, and 4) cringe-worthy line delivery for starters.
And finally, it DID deserve a sequel just as it DOES deserve & have a cult following.
Actually, after thinking it over, I would've liked to have seen a sequel. Provided that Stallone had gotten his head out of his ass the second time around, of course.
Oh, and bring back the Night Slasher too. He was way better than that jerk
Cobretti
.
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Tiberius27-1 — 16 years ago(January 26, 2010 06:54 AM)
In no particular order, Schwarzenegger couldn't help but improve his acting skills starting out at the bottom as he did. But still, using YOUR logic his performance in "Batman & Robin" should've been a tour-de-force!!! It WAS, but of the campiest thing since "Rip Taylor's $1.98 Beauty Pageant"!
Stallone's acting improved with the singular exception of "Cobra" huh?
"Rhinestone"?
"Stop or my mom will shoot"?
"Driven"?
"Spy Kids 3D"?
"Tango & Cash"? (Which I happened to enjoy but it's not exactly a Lee Strasberg exercise)
Methinks the axe you're grinding against "Cobra" is selective with the facts.
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Boab-The-Fly — 16 years ago(January 28, 2010 04:03 AM)
Boab The Fly wouldae luved a sequel te. Thus us an 80's clussic. Ah still love it.
The worst of Stallone's 80's fillums is Over The Top..diabolical.
Cobra is fantastic and as gud nayly as Mad Mux.
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stanleyhetz — 13 years ago(June 24, 2012 06:29 PM)
i would have liked a sequel. i would say rocky, rambo, and cobra are his 3 big characters, even if cobra didnt do as well as the other 2.
It's like you're reading my mind. I came to this board just now to post that there should have been a sequel. -
vastuntitled — 16 years ago(March 02, 2010 03:59 PM)
sequel, i'll give ya some sequels:
Cobra II: Dont Call Me Marion
Cobra III: Leaving California
Cobra IV: The New World Strikes Back
Cobra V: Return of the Zombie Squad
and dont forget to check the bonus features on disc 5, which includes a "Wasting Dirtbags" tutorial (complete with handy one-liners), the interactive feature "How to Identify A$$holes Who Wake Up Hating the World" and "The 5 Quick Ways to Deal with Cholos/Gangsters That Listen to Gloria Estefan and Are Obvious Punk-a$$ Fools' -
stanleyhetz — 13 years ago(November 25, 2012 12:35 AM)
This movie doesn't deserve a sequel. And this is coming from a fan of the 1980's, and most of its movies and music.
The way Sylvester Stallone delivers his lines in this film makes me cringe almost the entire time. It's like his acting skills, which had been getting better since Rocky, went in reverse evolution here. I suppose the director is partly to blame as well. But in any case, Stallone acted like a complete retarda retard with a match in his mouth.
On the bright side, the action was pretty good, just not good enough to overcome Stallone's train wreck performance.
This movie does deserve a sequel. And this is coming from a fan of the 1980's, and most of its movies and music. -
TOMMY_WlSEAU — 15 years ago(August 13, 2010 12:29 PM)
According to wikipedia it cost $25 million
According to imdb it made $160 million world wide
that is considered very good and there should have been a sequel.
However according to box office mojo it was only released in the US and only made $49 million which really isn't good enough to justify a sequel.
so i guess it all depends on which source you take as legit.
However there was another underrated stallone gem that didn't get a sequel and no matter what source you acknowledge as true concerning its budget and box office it deserved a sequel. that movie is copland. -
hack-stone — 15 years ago(August 14, 2010 07:30 PM)
However there was another underrated stallone gem that didn't get a sequel and no matter what source you acknowledge as true concerning its budget and box office it deserved a sequel. that movie is copland.
I thought you were referring to Rhinestone or Stop Or My Mother Will Shoot. -
mstrorm — 15 years ago(September 11, 2010 12:10 PM)
I'm pretty sure that it was released in the UK, as I clearly remember the iconic poster from that time, along with the equally iconic tagline "Crime is a disease meet the cure."
Plus the fact that British software house Ocean released an officially-licensed computer game on the formats most popular in the UK market (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC), which I doubt they'd have bothered with if the film hadn't been out here.
Never actually saw the film until recently when I caught a bit on TV and couldn't believe how bad Stallone's character's acting and dialogue was -
barryfleckmann — 15 years ago(August 14, 2010 11:15 AM)
Why? Even one was ONE too many!! I'm watching "Cobra," on Spike TV, even as we speak. It's hard to believe that they're STILL letting Stallone make movies!!
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