Wizard-8
"Operation Cobra" brings together several people long associated with cinematic schlock. Ashok Amritraj and Andrew Stevens were producers, Roger Corman was the executive producer, and Fred Olen Ray was the director! Needless to say, the budget is low, though since the movie was shot in India - which is a pretty cheap place to shoot a movie - the cheapness is less evident than usual. And the Indian locations do give the movie an exotic feel at times. Unfortunately, there's not much else positive I can say about this movie. The story is confusing at times, with information and key scenes seemingly missing at times. And the martial arts sequences are done in the typically boring American fashion - someone does a move, cut to another angle, another move is made, cut to another angle etc. But the movie's biggest flaw is that it's more often than not dull to watch. Even if you see this movie for free, chances are you'll feel ripped off at the end.
Andrew Pearce
After watching this movie, I looked at some other works of Fred Olen Ray's on IMDb. This is one of his better ones - but that's not saying very much. This is an action movie, deficient in many respects. The acting is poor. There are three unnecessary (and not particularly erotic) sex scenes chucked in - just to pad the movie out, perhaps. Second-rate action meets third-rate martial arts - Don 'The Dragon' Wilson has a nerve calling himself that. The plot, such as it is, doesn't make much sense, with several huge coincidences. There are funny things too, like the inept henchmen, and when (not a spoiler) a Western woman wears a black wig and a sari to look Indian (she doesn't).By all means see it, if you really have nothing else to do.
armand-12
I caught this flick on tv, and thought "lets give it a chance!"I don't know too much about Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, suffice to say that he doesn't really seem too much of a dragon to me :-)The martial arts are non-existent; there are some high kicks, a few punches and that's all. The cinematography is pretty bad too, as all scenes are uninspiring. The fight scenes are short and badly shot.The plot is laughable. I won't spoil anything, but it's so bad it's embarrassing. The acting is bad too - most actors overact their lines.There are about three sex scenes thrown in like an afterthought. They are bad too (any surprises?) because there is no chemistry, no connection or mutual attraction between the characters. The sex just happens. There's a busty (but slightly aging) blonde and a rather attractive brunette that show us their bodies, but that's not enough to save this crap.In conclusion, avoid it. At least, don't pay for it.
9905020
It kind of had different actors wearing different wigs playing different parts through out the movie, it was quite distracting to watch, I would not recomend this movie to anyone really as most of the acting was very shoddy and the main action seemed to consist of the main actor pulling a gun (from only knows where) and letting off several shots then somehow managing to take home several women in one night. st33z - -
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