Editing Cobra (1986 film) (section)

==Plot==
When a [[mass shooting]] at a [[Los Angeles]] supermarket evolves into a hostage crisis, the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] (LAPD) summons [[Lieutenant]] Marion Cobretti of their elite ''Zombie Squad'', to resolve the incident. Cobretti, nicknamed ''Cobra,'' confronts the shooter, who espouses [[social Darwinist]] ideals and mentions a ''New World''. Cobretti kills him before he can execute a group of hostages. Detective Monte reprimands Cobretti for disregarding police procedure and Cobretti admonishes a group of reporters for not prioritizing the safety of potential victims.

Unbeknownst to the authorities, the supermarket incident is part of a string of violent crimes committed by ''The New World'', a [[Cult|social Darwinist cult]] that despises modern society and believes in killing the weak, leaving only the strongest and smartest to rule. Ingrid Knudsen, a local model and businesswoman, becomes the New World's priority target after she witnesses the group and their leader ''Night Slasher'' on a killing spree. Knudsen is placed under the [[protective custody]] of Cobretti and his partner [[Sergeant]] Tony Gonzales following an attempt on her life.

After more attempts to kill Knudsen and Cobretti, Cobretti theorizes that an organization is behind this, but his theory is rebuffed by his superiors. Cobretti and Gonzales leave with Knudsen to the small town of San Remos, where Cobretti and Knudsen fall in love. Nancy Stalk, an LAPD officer and New World's second-in-command, infiltrates the police escort. Despite not trusting Stalk, Cobretti does nothing and the group spends the night in a motel.

At dawn, the New World arrives in San Remos on motorcycles and besieges the town on Stalk's instructions. In a shootout, Cobretti kills many cultists, but Gonzales is wounded. Cobretti and Knudsen flee in a pickup truck, which the cultists wreck with a roadblock. The pair flee to a steel mill, where Cobretti defeats the rest of the cultists and Stalk is accidentally shot by the Night Slasher.

Cobretti fights with the Night Slasher in hand-to-hand combat and impales him on a hook that drags him into a furnace. The [[California Highway Patrol]] secures San Remos and rescues Gonzales. As Cobretti is cleared by his superiors, Monte initially appears apologetic, only to again chastise Cobretti for "overdoing it". Cobretti punches Monte in the face before riding away with Knudsen on a motorcycle left by the New World.