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Films like Cobra.

Cobra (1986) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Lock Up (1989) poster
1. Lock Up1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) poster
2. Lethal Weapon 31992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Enforcer (1976) poster
3. The Enforcer1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

U.S. Marshals (1998) poster
4. U.S. Marshals1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Jackal (1997) poster
5. The Jackal1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Red Heat (1988) poster
6. Red Heat1988

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Boondock Saints (1999) poster
7. The Boondock Saints1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

El Mariachi (1993) poster
8. El Mariachi1993

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Payback (1999) poster
9. Payback1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

S.W.A.T. (2003) poster
10. S.W.A.T.2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Net (1995) poster
11. The Net1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Negotiator (1998) poster
12. The Negotiator1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Cobra’s neighbours — where are yours?

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