COBRA was released 40 years ago today.After leaving Beverly Hills Cop over creative differences, Sylvester Stallone reused many of his darker, more violent ideas for Cobra, turning it into one of the most aggressively stylized action films of the 80s.

Sylvester Stallone on why sentimentality is a strength, not a weakness:In a 1979 interview, Stallone was asked about his bold belief in what kind of films audiences were ready to receive, and whether he feared being labeled sentimental.His answer reframed the entire idea."Sentimentality is just a highfalutin word for heart, for guts, for things that don't deal with the mind but deal with the soul."For Stallone, dismissing sentimentality meant dismissing the very thing that made stories matter.He