# Cobra (1986 film)

Cobra is a 1986 American action film about a tough-on-crime street cop who must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
    Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Written by Sylvester Stallone.

## Marion Cobretti

* In America, there's a burglary every 11 seconds, an armed robbery every 65 seconds, a violent crime every 25 seconds, a murder every 24 minutes and 250 rapes a day.
* Hey dirtbag, you're a lousy shot. I don't like lousy shots. You wasted a kid... for nothing. Now I think it's time to waste you.
* As long as we play by these bullshit rules and the killer doesn't, we're gonna lose.

## Sgt. Tony Gonzalez

* [about Cobra] He looks like a fugitive from the fifties, but he sure is great at catching psychos.

## Dialogue

    Chief Halliwell: Cobretti, do know you have an attitude problem?
    Marion Cobretti: Yeah, but it's just a little one.
    Marion Cobretti: How bad is it?
    Gonzales: It's bad.
    Marion Cobretti: Any I.D. on the guy?
    Gonzales: Just another asshole who woke up hating the world.
    Detective Monte: [after trying to negotiate with the supermarket gunman] All we need is a little more time and we can get control of the situation!
    Captain Sears: What control? Call the Cobra!
    Supermarket Killer: I got a bomb here! I'll kill her! I'll blow this whole place up!
    Marion Cobretti: Go ahead. I don't shop here. All right, just relax, amigo. You wanna talk? We'll talk. I'm a sucker for good conversation.
    Supermarket Killer: I don't wanna talk to you! Now, you bring in the television cameras in here now! C'mon, bring 'em in!
    Marion Cobretti: Can't do that.
    Supermarket Killer: Why?
    Marion Cobretti: I don't deal with psychos. I put 'em away.
    Supermarket Killer: I ain't no psycho, man! I'm a hero! You're looking at a fuckin' hunter! I'm a hero of the New World!
    Marion Cobretti: [shakes his head] You're a disease, and I'm the cure.
    Supermarket Killer: Die!
    [points his sawed-off shotgun at Cobretti. Cobretti throws a knife that he had concealed. It hits the thug in the abdomen]
    Marion Cobretti: Drop it!
    [the thug continues pointing his sawed-off shotgun at Cobretti. Cobretti fires 5 rounds from his .45 into the man, who dies. Cobretti walks over to the man & takes the bomb out of his hand]
    Detective Monte: Cobretti, no hard feelings. You, uh, kind of overdid it around here. I personally would have looked for a more subtle solution, but that's not your style. No hard feelings.
    [Cobretti and Monte shake hands, and then Cobretti punches Monte]
    Marion Cobretti: No hard feelings.
    Gonzales: You know, when this is over with, I'd like to celebrate, by punching a hole in Monte's chest!
    Marion Cobretti: You know what the trouble with you is? You're too violent.
    Ingrid Knudsen: Do you ever get involved?
    Marion Cobretti: With a woman?
    Marion Cobretti: I always wanted to have a tougher one myself. You know, a little harder name.
    Ingrid Knudsen: Like what?
    Marion Cobretti: Alice.
    Night Slasher: The court is civilized, isn't it, pig?
    Marion Cobretti: But I'm not. This is where the law stops and I start, sucker!
    Ingrid Knudsen: Are your men out there?
    Marion Cobretti: Yeah, they're out there.
    Ingrid Knudsen: Are we just supposed to drive around until he tries to kill us again?
    Marion Cobretti: No, they won't get you.
    Ingrid Knudsen: You keep saying that. How do you know that for sure?
    Marion Cobretti: You got to have faith.
    Night Slasher: You want to go to hell? Huh, pig? You want to go to hell with me? It doesn't matter, does it? We are the hunters. We kill the weak so the strong survive. You can't stop the New World. Your filthy society will never get rid of people like us. It's breeding them! WE ARE THE FUTURE!
    Marion Cobretti: No! [aims his gun] You're history.

## Taglines

* This is where the law stops... and I start.
* Society is breeding a new kind of criminal. It's also breeding a new kind of cop.
* Crime is the disease. Meet the cure.
* The strong arm of the law.

## Cast

* Sylvester Stallone - Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti
* Brigitte Nielsen - Ingrid Knudsen
* Reni Santoni - Sergeant Tony Gonzales
* Andrew Robinson - Detective Monte
* Brian Thompson - "Night Slasher"
* John Herzfeld - Cho
* Lee Garlington - Officer Nancy Stalk
* Art LaFleur - Captain Sears
* Marco Rodriguez - Supermarket Killer
* Ross St. Phillip - Security Guard
* Val Avery - Chief Halliwell
* David Rasche - Dan
* Nick Angotti - Prodski

## External links

* Cobra (1986 film) at Allmovie
* Cobra at Mojo