Cobra (1986) - Quotes

The Strong Arm of the Law

Taglines: The strong arm of the law.

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Crime and its Cure

Taglines: Crime is the disease. Meet the cure.

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Evolution of Crime and Law Enforcement

Taglines: Society is breeding a new kind of criminal. It's also breeding a new kind of cop.

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Law and Order: A Personal Boundary

Taglines: This is where the law stops... and I start.

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Confrontation Between Law and Chaos

Night Slasher: [Cobretti throws a chain as a distraction and the Night Slasher shoots in that direction] Let's bleed pig! Where are you pig? I want your eyes, pig! I want them! You want to go to hell? Huh! Huh, pig? You want to go to hell with me? It doesn't matter, does it? We are the hunters! We kill the weak, so the strong survive! You can't stop the New World! Your filthy society will never get rid of people like us! It's breeding them! WE ARE THE FUTURE!

Marion Cobretti: [Cobretti suddenly appears and aims his gun at the Night Slasher] No! You're history.

Night Slasher: [grips knife tightly] You won't do it pig. You won't shoot. Murder is against the law. You have to take me in... if... you can. Even I have rights... don't I... pig? Take me in. They'll say I'm insane. Won't they? The court is civilized... isn't it... pig?

Marion Cobretti: But I'm not. This is where the law stops... and I start... sucker!

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Uncertainty in the Face of Danger

Ingrid Knudsen: Are your men out there?

Marion Cobretti: Yeah, they're out there.

Ingrid Knudsen: Are we just supposed to drive around until he tries to kill us again?

Marion Cobretti: No, they won't get you.

Ingrid Knudsen: You keep saying that. How do you know that for sure?

Marion Cobretti: You got to have faith.

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Law and Order vs. Vigilante Justice

Night Slasher: The court is civilized, isn't it, pig?

Marion Cobretti: But I'm not. This is where the law stops and I start, sucker!

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Desiring a Tougher Name Conversation

Marion Cobretti: I always wanted to have a tougher one myself. You know, a little harder name.

Ingrid Knudsen: Like what?

Marion Cobretti: Alice.

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Exploring Relationships and Personal Involvement

Ingrid Knudsen: Do you ever get involved?

Marion Cobretti: With a woman?

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Violence and Its Consequences in Conflict

Gonzales: You know, when this is over with, I'd like to celebrate, by punching a hole in Monte's chest!

Marion Cobretti: You know what the trouble with you is? You're too violent.

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No Hard Feelings Between Detectives

Detective Monte: Cobretti, no hard feelings. You, uh, kind of overdid it around here. I personally would have looked for a more subtle solution, but that's not your style. No hard feelings.

Marion Cobretti: No hard feelings.

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Negotiation Amidst a Threatening Situation

Supermarket Killer: I got a bomb here! I'll kill her! I'll blow this whole place up!

Marion Cobretti: Go ahead. I don't shop here. All right, just relax, amigo. You wanna talk? We'll talk. I'm a sucker for good conversation.

Supermarket Killer: I don't wanna talk to you! Now, you bring in the television cameras in here now! C'mon, bring em in!

Marion Cobretti: Can't do that.

Supermarket Killer: Why?

Marion Cobretti: I don't deal with psychos. I put em away.

Supermarket Killer: I ain't no psycho, man! I'm a hero! You're looking at a fuckin hunter! I'm a hero of the New World!

Marion Cobretti: [shakes his head] You're a disease, and I'm the cure.

Supermarket Killer: Die!

Marion Cobretti: Drop it!

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Urgency for Control in Crisis Situation

Detective Monte: [after trying to negotiate with the supermarket gunman] All we need is a little more time and we can get control of the situation!

Captain Sears: What control? Call the Cobra!

Confronting a Troubling Reality

Marion Cobretti: How bad is it?

Gonzales: It's bad.

Marion Cobretti: Any I.D. on the guy?

Gonzales: Just another asshole who woke up hating the world.

Cobretti's Attitude Is Just a Small Issue

Chief Halliwell: Cobretti, do know you have an attitude problem?

Marion Cobretti: Yeah, but it's just a little one.

Fifties Fugitive with a Talent for Catching Psychos

Sgt. Tony Gonzalez: [about Cobra] He looks like a fugitive from the fifties, but he sure is great at catching psychos.

The Inequality of Rules in Conflict

Marion Cobretti: As long as we play by these bullshit rules and the killer doesn't, we're gonna lose.

Confrontation with a Lousy Shooter

Marion Cobretti: Hey dirtbag, you're a lousy shot. I don't like lousy shots. You wasted a kid... for nothing. Now I think it's time to waste you.

Statistics on Crime in America

Marion Cobretti: In America, there's a burglary every 11 seconds, an armed robbery every 65 seconds, a violent crime every 25 seconds, a murder every 24 minutes and 250 rapes a day.