A Cult Actioner That Isn’t a Parody Is Still Overcompensating at Its Finest
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Having used the double whammy of the Rocky and Rambo franchises as a springboard to becoming one of the biggest stars on the planet, Sylvester Stallone wasn’t used to being told no by the mid-1980s. And yet, being constantly turned down is pretty much the entire reason why we were given the gift of preposterous cult favorite action extravaganza Cobra. Sly was in line to play Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop, but he ended up suggesting an extensive rewrite of the script that would have turned…