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Saturday 10 March 2018

Cobra (1986)

A violent 80s action movie produced by the Cannon Group that has almost nothing of note to offer a viewer beyond its pure-bred action credentials.
There was some attempt to give the toughened lieutenant Cobra (Stallone) an understated sense of humour, but it's about as successful as trying to pin a badge on smoke. The musical montage is absolutely atrocious (and that's being kind to it). The main bad guy is a jobbing actor that I like but he's written as a crazed murderous meat-machine with no nuance whatsoever.
Amidst all the clichés and copycat nonsense the music adds a suitably menacing tone and is, for me, the most memorable ingredient.

2½ dietary japes out of 5

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