Great movie, But where is the volume?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Added 3/11/2009
Nevermind that the seller that i ordered this from failed to ship this copy of Black Cobra 2 to me within a fast time range, When i finally got it yesterday, The dvd had like almost no volume for the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a shame because i actually kinda like this movie seeing as how i think it had better action scenes than the original, shoddier Black Cobra. What's funny is that the stupid menu on this dvd has rather loud volume. Just wish the movie was the same.....
Don't order this copy of this movie. I'm gonna be trashing this travesty of a dvd and i'll be ordering another copy of this movie from a different dvd company. Maybe Legacy's copy of this movie is better.....
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Good B-Movie action with "Hammer" & "Spidey"
Added 5/23/2007
SPOILERS CONTAINED--
In the sequel to Black Cobra I, Fred Williamson plays maverick cop Robert Malone. The film establishes Malone as a cop in Chicago, though the first film posited him as a New York City detective, with a pet cat. This film ditches NYC and the tabby with no explanation, though one might be led to speculate he was fired (or quit) and relocated. After his latest violently-ending case, Malone gets sent to Manila (the Philippines) on a law-enforcement exchange program. There, he's directed to work under the supervision of an Interpol agent, McCall (Nicholas Hammond). Malone is pick pocketed at the airport; he and McCall track the thief down, but find him dead in his apartment. This leads to meeting his daughter (Emma Hoagland), who is a local nightclub singer--she was given an airport locker key, the contents of which are an attaché filled with $10,000. Further clues lead to a shady Iranian shipping magnate and a terrorist cell who have vital documents stored on microfilm hidden in the attaché.
This film was one of Fred Williamson's late 1980's action vehicles- by the end of the 70's the "Blaxploitation" trend had waned, but Williamson soldiered on, frequently self-financing his films or teaming up with European filmmakers, which typically had theatrical runs overseas but saw limited box-office outlets stateside, more often ending up going straight-to-video. Based on production credits, Black Cobra 2 is apparently an Italian/Pilipino co-production.
The film is fairly stock for its kind (rogue hero gets sent to unfamiliar locale; butts heads with local authorities; finally mutual respect is gained, and there's a team-up against the villains), but hits all the right notes to make it enjoyable. Production values are slim, but before the film ends, Malone and McCall will don commando gear and infiltrate a private school wired with explosives. Of note is Nicholas Hammond as Malone's reluctant host/partner, agent McCall. Hammond, of course, previously gained cult status as the live-action Spider-Man in the late 70's CBS television series. People only familiar with Hammond from that show (or his turn as a Von Trapp child in "The Sound of Music") may be surprised to hear his character use some rather coarse language several times.
*Note- the movie was shot on location in Chicago and Manila.
*Trivia/Goof- In one scene, McCall is calling his wife from inside a car, about to infiltrate a building to save his son; while talking, he is liberally applying black camo face-paint. Cut to an exterior shot of McCall exiting the car, and most of the paint is gone, only a vague smudginess remaining.
*The dialogue for McCall's young son is clearly dubbed.
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Like this? Check out "Strike of the Black Cobra" on Amazon!
Added 11/18/2004
I enjoyed Black Cobra 2 and recently picked up Strike of the Black Cobra. It's all 3 Black Cobra movies for six bucks and some change! Can't beat that! Thanks again Amazon!
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ON PAR WITH ITS PREDECESSOR; 2.5 STARS
Added 9/10/2004
ALMOST BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL. THIS TIME AROUND, ROBERT MALONE [FRED WILLIAMSON] IS TEAMED UP WITH AN INTERPOL AGENT [NICHOLAS HAMMOND] IN THE PHILLIPINES. THIS SEQUEL, LIKE THE FIRST MOVIE, IS OCCASIONALLY FUN. BUT IT SUFFERS FROM PRACTICALLY THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT THE FIRST FILM SUFFERED FROM; SHODDY FILMING, BAD ACTING, LACK OF PLOT, AND IT'S PREDICTABLE. BUT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTION, IT'S WORTH WATCHING. THIS SEQUEL IS PRETTY MUCH YOUR USUAL BUDDY COP MOVIE. AND IF YOU SEEN ONE BUDDY COP MOVIE, YOU PRETTY MUCH SEEN MOST OF THEM. THOUGH THE FIRST FILM WAS MARGINALLY BETTER, THIS IS A HALFWAY DECENT SEQUEL. AT LEAST IT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING TO DO WHEN YOU'RE BORED. NICHOLAS HAMMOND, WHO'S BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE 1ST LIVE-ACTION SPIDERMAN ON THE UNSUCESSFUL 1977 TV SERIES, DOES GOOD IN THIS MOVIE AS FRED WILLIAMSON'S PARTNER.
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