Cobretti punches Monte instead, before he and Ingrid ride away on one of the motorcycles left by the New World. Detective Monte appears apologetic but confronts Cobretti again about his lack of regard to police protocols, offering to discuss the issue over a long dinner. In the aftermath, Cobretti's department arrives and begins clean-up of the town, rendering medical aid to Gonzales. Cobretti and the Night Slasher engage in a vicious melee combat inside the steel mill, ending with the latter being impaled in the back by a large roaming hook, which transports him into a furnace that burns him alive. Cobretti eliminates every member and the Night Slasher accidentally shoots Nancy, leaving just himself. When the truck is severely damaged from the chase, the duo cut through a grapefruit plantation to escape into a nearby factory.Ĭobretti has defeated most of the New World by this point, with the few remaining members following them into the building. Killing several members but with more swarming into the town, Cobretti and Ingrid escape in a pickup truck. With barely enough time to react, the attackers storm the motel complex, wounding Gonzales in the process.
The organization moves in at dawn and besieges the small town. Despite Cobretti's suspicions and mistrust of Nancy, he does nothing and the party spends the night in a motel complex. However, the LAPD agrees with Cobretti that it will be safest if he and Knudsen relocate from the city.Ĭobretti becomes romantically involved with Ingrid shortly after venturing out into the countryside, but Nancy Stalk ( Garlington), the New World's second-in-command and right-hand infiltrates the police team escorting the Cobretti party and compromises their whereabouts.
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When several more failed attempts are made on their lives by various people connected to the New World, Cobretti theorizes that there is an entire army of killers operating with the same modus operandi rather than a lone serial killer with some associates, but his suggestion is rebuffed by his superiors.
She is placed under the protective custody of Cobretti and his partner, Sergeant Tony Gonzales ( Santoni) after a failed attempt on her. Model and businesswoman Ingrid Knudsen ( Nielsen) later becomes the New World's priority target after witnessing their members and their leader, only identified as "The Night Slasher" ( Thompson), going on a killing spree. Little does everyone realize at the time that the supermarket hostage crisis is only one of a string of recent and seemingly unconnected acts of violence and murder that have broken loose in Los Angeles, perpetrated by the same supremacist group the supermarket gunman mentioned. Harassed by reporters, Cobretti admonishes them for failing to prioritize the safety of potential victims. Cobretti then kills the gunman by throwing a knife at his abdomen and then shooting him dead.Īs the hostages and bodies are removed from the store, Cobretti is admonished by Detective Monte ( Robinson) for his seeming disregard for police procedures and protocols. Cobretti, addressed by his codename "Cobra", infiltrates the store, locates, and negotiates with the gunman, who threatens him by speaking of a vague and unknown organization known as "The New World", a supremacist group of social darwinist radicals that despise modern society and believe in killing the weak, leaving only the strongest and smartest to rule the world. Īfter a failure of negotiations between a lone armed gunman and law enforcement during a hostage crisis at a Los Angeles supermarket, the LAPD summons Lieutenant Marion Cobretti ( Stallone), a member of its elite division known as the "Zombie Squad". It has come to be considered a cult classic. box office, and earned $49 million in the US and a total of $160 million worldwide. It debuted at the number one spot on the U.S. The film received negative reviews, with much criticism focused on the overuse of genre tropes and excessive violence. When he left that project, Eddie Murphy was brought in to play the lead role. He had wanted to make Beverly Hills Cop a less comedic and more action-oriented film, which the studio rejected as being far too expensive. However, Stallone's screenplay was originally conceived from ideas he had during pre-production of Beverly Hills Cop, whose screenplay he heavily revised. The film was loosely based on the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling, which was later filmed under that title in 1995. It is the first film in which Brian Thompson plays a prominent role. The film co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson. Cosmatos and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also starred in the title role. Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P.
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