About this episode
The episode discusses the making of the 1986 film Cobra and its connection to Cannon Films and Sylvester Stallone.
It's the third installment of "Misfired Cannons," and time to look at what happens when Cannon Films decides to work with one of Hollywood's biggest megastars. Sylvester Stallone was riding high off the success of both the Rocky and Rambo franchises in the mid-80s, so deciding to launch a new action franchise with the notoriously frugal and not always successful Cannon might have seemed a strange, unexpected move. So what sort of deal did Cannon offer Stallone to make it hard to resist? What other surprising 80s hit was Stallone originally attached to and oddly led to the creation of this film? Why is there controversy regarding who really directed the movie? How effective is the movie's blend of action and horror? We discuss all this and more, as we look at 1986's Cobra , pig! Our Twitter Our Facebook Our Instagram Our YouTube Trev's Letterboxd Chris' Letterboxd
People in this episode
Hosts: Trev, Chris
Topics covered
- Cannon Films
- Sylvester Stallone
- action movies
- 80s cinema
- film controversy
- horror elements
Keywords
- Cobra
- Cannon Films
- Sylvester Stallone
- 80s action movies
- film history
- movie controversy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cannon Films
Books & works: Cobra, Rocky, Rambo
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