Why no sequel?
I wish there was a sequel.
shareCobra 2: Venom
LOL
Because its crap.
Tango and Cash 2, now that would be cool
What appears on the screen in the first place is the directors cut! Stop asking for changes
I agree and also wonder if the sequel would've been as influenced by "Dirty Harry" as the original was.
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
I worked in theaters when this came out, and the plan was to start another Stallone franchise, but it didn't do enough business to warrant a sequel. Funny thing is, in today's attendance, it would probably have done three films at once, and plans for another trilogy. Perception is everything.
If we all liked the same movie, there'd only be one movie!
It made 49 million domestically. Not too bad for a movie back in 1986. Maybe the production costs were to high to justify a sequel.
shareI've got the Rambo III mag Starlog published to tie in with that film. In his interview in the mag Stallone gives the reason why there was no Cobra II -- he said that, despite how well the film did, it had been so savaged by the critics that the potential franchise had been squashed. His comments seem to imply that Stallone himself still thought the film was good, but the perception had been so ruined by the brutal reviews that any sequel was out of the question.
shareThis 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 retard......a 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.
That eyeball shít, only works on lower level demons......I know, who makes up these rules?
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.
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
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.
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.
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
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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.
While the chief puts sunshine on Leith I'll thank him for his work & your birth & my birth
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Why are you referring to yourself in the third person?
sharei think there should be a sequal but without stallone. maybe somthin like his son. and think he should be punk type sense stallone was 50's retro
sharei 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.
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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 retard......a 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.
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'...
the world needs more cobra!
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some movies werent meant to have a sequal! this is one of them!
shareAccording 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.
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.
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...
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!!
"You can't HANDLE the truth!" Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men."
They're still letting Stallone make movies because they keep making profits, idiot.
Cobra: You're the disease, I'm the cure.
Idiot?
Are you talking about "The Expendables?"
"The Expendables" was simply a re-hash of every movie Stallone EVER did.
Stallone has been getting by resting on the laurels of "Rocky" and "Rambo" for the past 35 years.
MORON!
"You can't HANDLE the truth!" Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men."