TheRetroCritic

I'd never heard of Cobra , the manga or the anime series, before watching this feature so imagine my confusion when presented with all the random space madness this little goofy flick had to offer! Following the exploits of Cobra, some blond, cigar-smoking dude with a "Psycho-Gun" embedded in his arm who goes around fighting evil space Guilds or whatever, Space Adventure Cobra is a surreal action flick that's kind of a cross between some cheesy 70's cop show, Zardoz and Star Wars . Ok, maybe not Zardoz, so much. Actually, the character of Cobra was inspired by French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, who was mostly famous in the 70's for OTT action thrillers. Cobra's partner is a mouthless robot gal called Lady Armaroid, she's usually in charge of piloting the ship, secretly lusting after Cobra and exposition dialog. There's an obvious charm to Space Adventure Cobra : it's corny as hell but in a good way. You've got a tough guy who smokes cig

And Dwayne Johnson does it again... It's looking like The Rock has not only made a comeback but he's decided to go around stealing franchises. To some extent that's what he did with The Scorpion King and Journey 2 but as of late, with Fast Five and now   G.I. Joe: Retaliation , it looks like we'll be seeing a whole lot of him in the near future. Sadly, no word on a Southland Tales spin-off yet... This sequel to the wildly ridiculous but strangely enjoyable first G.I. Joe film, The Rise Of Cobra , follows the story some time later, not right after. Yes Jonathan Pryce's evil twin is still the President, yes Channing Tatum is still around but Dwayne Johnson's now part of the gang, everyone's following the President's crazy orders, Cobra and Destro have been captured and are now kept in glass coffins in some impossible-to-reach location, Bruce Willis is... Joe? Basically this movie is one cast member and plot thread away from being a complete reb