Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– ) User Reviews

Why you should never let your stunt team provide a storyline...

[nvdw · 29 March 2005]

One of the first episodes of Cobra 11 I can reminisce, featured a police car hitting an anchor hanging down a bridge over the Autobahn. It's still one of the best stunts I've ever seen.

"Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei" is a typical German 'krimi' (whodunnit), with a bit more action involved. Truckloads of cars are scrapped in various action scenes. It's not useful to the story at all, and regularly I get the idea that some stunts are just done for the mere fun of it. Apparently, a simple accident involving only two cars is not enough for Cobra 11's stunt crew, so why not crashing the rest of the entire Autobahn into them? And when all these nutters come to a halt just in time, why not fail the brakes of an oncoming truck so the highway will turn into a scrapyard anyway? To hell with realistic action sequences - who cares that cars don't explode in real life?

Cobra 11 has started another season when I write this, and it seems that the stunt team has taken over the scriptwriting. The two hero-like highway coppers seem to have only one goal in their lives: catching the bad guys at all costs. Shooting at thugs in crowded areas, pushing innocent cars off the road when in a high speed chase, nicking other people's cars to go after thugs, scrapping that very car stupidly so the thugs can flee unscathed, crashing the unmarked patrol car into market stalls, dustbins, billboards or other cars - it's all in the game, apparently. The plot holes are as big as Jupiter, the continuity goofs are innumerable, and so are the clichés: all the gang lords drive American cars or Jaguars, the Yakuza - when featured - drive old Z31 Fairladies, cars with caravans are always fitted with Dutch license plates and all tanker trucks featured are doomed to explode.

(And yet it's still fun to watch, just because of the action.)

This cop show never bores!

[baantjer-74478 · 10/10 · 1 August 2019]

I am a big fan of the long running action serie Alarm for cobra 11 what seems to never end.

Alarm for cobra 11 is very unrealistic made like a car crashes with 2 persons who both substaines no injurys of whatever,

or a big shooting with guns with the leading characters and surprise no one gets injured great! only the bad guys. No i mean what i say i liked it and there is a lot of humor and action in this serie. The leading actors are the best not the supporting cast.

Its German

[andy-purkart · 2/10 · 20 March 2014]

I've seen several episodes on Markíza and i don't get it. Its all about explosions, deaths and Germans. There's this 1,50 cm tall guy Semir Gerkhan, who cant be killed by an exploding car/helicopter/plane/boat/UFO/motorcycle/my real grandpa etc. He had like 10-20 comrades who died from exploding cars and such. Although, Semir is alive and he is on his 11th season with Ben, or someone like that with an completely non German name. If this whole thing was real, their real names would be Muhamad and Hans and they would die on first day in job.But no, they kill and arrest people since 1996. Semirs wife Andrea, who is like 20cm taller than him, loves him and they have a baby, and who knows what he will be when he grows up. Maybe a 1,58 cm tall midget villain, who looks dangerous but he fights for good and he likes sausages. We would call it Kobra 12 (how original). But Kobra 11 is not as good as the sequel should be.

Ridiculously unrealistic, but funny as hell.

[Dukat-4 · 8/10 · 20 February 2019]

Hey, it's pure escapism. Sure it's not real... but it's fun, and has better stunts than the average Hollywood action movie.

Then again, I'm probably prejudiced, because I live an hour's drive away from where the bulk is filmed, and It's a nice change to see my neck of the woods the location of exaggerated car stunts and full-auto shootouts instead of Los Angeles.

The makers are quite aware of the ridiculousness, given the amounts of in-jokes regarding Autobahn locations (most of them the standard rush-hour traffic jams you would know from such radio stations as the WDR2) that everyone here knows, though they do not look remotely like the real thing.

I don't like nonsense

[Hayduke555 · 1/10 · 10 September 2023]

In a foreign country, the Russian secret service fires rocket launchers at people in broad daylight on the streets of the capital. They quickly exit a car that just exploded after being hit by a rocket and continue running. Cars explode one after another when a guy shoots at their wheels with a gun, resulting in unrealistic physics and character behavior. At least in this part, our heroes did not, as tradition goes, kill any innocent drivers on the highway, except for the truck driver probably. Furthermore, once again, the idea of saving the world clashes with preventing the stabilization of the world's population, creating a direct and unequivocal contradiction. I genuinely believe that this entire series is vastly overrated.

Awesome!!!!!!!

[stjepan-colig · 9/10 · 23 April 2009]

I live in a small city in Croatia and our RTL television is broadcasting Alarm fur cobra 11 ( Cobra 11- specijalci s autoputa- Croatian title) and I have to say that I am impressed. The story, the effects, the explosions and the crashes, all this is amazing. But, even if this show is awesome it has much clichés. I mean in every episode there is this huge crash on the autobahn, Our heroes Semir and his partner ( there are 25 seasons and in every season there is about 7-8 episodes, and after 20-30 episodes, Semirs partner dies, then Semir is sad, everybody is crying and then in the next Pilot episode ( 90 min ) Semir gets a new partner) are saving lives and then boom, a huge explosion. In the middle of the episode the main suspect is running away and the re is some big shooting going down. Then a car chase and the suspect escapes. And in the end a car chase and again a huge crash and a very, very, very big explosion, and thats it. The pilot episodes are very special. The story is phenomenal, not so repetitive like in the normal episodes, and the action is like in a excellent American movie. Yes, but now in the new 24 and 25th season the story isn't so repetitive, its very interesting. The new episodes are the best if you ask me. Just write in you tube :"Cobra 11 auf eigene faust" and you will see the new pilot episode were Semir becomes a new partner.

So, all in all this show is awesome, it has big minuses but it has big pluses too. One of the best action series ever filmed!!! Watch it!!! You will not regret!!!!!

Driven to death

[X80s · 23 November 2002]

When "Cobra 11" came up on the TV screen, you already knew that you could expect some great action as well as plot holes wider than the Autobahn near Frankfurt.

Truly great stunts Hollywood would be proud of, sometimes very interesting ideas and funny plots, but in the end, each episode of the series follows the exactly same scheme: evil appears, first (mass) crash, our heroes appear on the scene, evil strikes again, heroes follow evil, grande finale (more crashs). By limiting the scene entirely on the streets and actors who are only the figures behind the wheels of the real stars, the stories are also limited quite narrow on repeating the same plots again and again. Nonetheless, "Cobra 11" is still very successful in Germany - probably the Germans are not tired of seeing the daily craziness on the streets in the real life.

BTW: if you are fond of in the meanwhile pretty rare cars of the 70s and 80s, it's strongly advised NOT to watch "Cobra 11" - your heart might break when you see cars like the Alfa Romeo GTV 6, Audi Coupè, even a Triumph Spitfire Mk I shredded in spectacular crashs.

Alarm für Cobra 11 x Arka Sokaklar crossover needs to be happen

[master-vader · 10/10 · 10 December 2020]

These two legendary series deserves a crossover event.

Plot example: Semir comes to Turkey for a holiday and finds himself in trouble. He met with Riza baba and his team then they'll have to chase to criminals back to Germany for some reason. Action rolls out and at the end of 3 episode of collab they end a global crime organization.

Make it happen.

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

[kjustinas · 10/10 · 10 April 2019]

One of the first episodes of Cobra 11 I can reminisce, featured a police car hitting an anchor hanging down a bridge over the Autobahn. It's still one of the best stunts I've ever seen.

Very good one

[curryekaitz · 10/10 · 7 July 2022]

One of the best police series today, very underrated, there are chapters that come and go in terms of good. But in general it is a good series due to the fact that it does not matter how many cars break and burn. In my opinion the best have been Tom, Ben, Alex and Paul, but they have all done well. You see the perspective of both the suspects and the police, and it brings a story in between, not bad.

Highway to Hell

[Mikew3001 · 5 July 2002]

"Alarm fur Cobra 11" (Emergency for Cobra-11) is a popular German TV cop series that is running on the TV station RTL since 1996 with great success. It shows the cases of two highway patrol officers, played by Turkish actor Erdogan Atalay (probably because many young Turks are into high-speed BMW and Mercedes sedans) and his handsome buddy Rene Steinke, his third companion in this series.

These cops usually meet all the evil men somewhere on the German autobahns which leads to spectacular car chases with big crashes and explosions and people dying at least two or three times during each 45-minute episode. It's all very influenced by modern Hollywood action cinema or Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay and sometimes appears like a prime time TV version of "Speed", "Con Air", "Die Hard" and the "Lethal Weapon" series.

The best about this series are the two main actors, the often funny dialogues (often inspired by Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) and the usually thrilling and sometimes weird plots with plenty of references to well-known movie genres. There are ninja killers murdering innocent victims on highway bridges. There is a handicapped "Phantom of the Opera" living in an empty garage besides a lonely highway, running amok on the the autobahn with guns and bombs. There is a femme fatale, killing Ferrari drivers as she was a rape victim years before, and there is a gang of bank robbers sieging the cops in a lonely forest house just like John Wayne in "Rio Bravo".

At its best, "Cobra 11" is thrilling and sometimes even outstanding German TV action entertainment. At it's worst, it's just a repetition of the same flying BMW cars exploding somewhere on the highways. There are also too many goofs in it, with cars changing it's model and design within seconds or with unreal facts like times and distances.

But during this weekly action overkill, nobody really cares about a BMW 3 changing into a BMW 2 during a salto mortale, so sit back and relax with the autobahn cops meeting the most unusual horrors on the German highways to hell.

for fans of action car stunts only

[Cinema2kMendoza · 10/10 · 18 September 2021]

You need to be a fan of action car stunts to love this tv series, because every episode starts with a stunt, cars crashing, jumping and everything. So the plot is secundary to the action, but at least the episodes always are part drama,part jokes.

Alerte Cobra

[amdclf · 9/10 · 5 May 2021]

Hello my present your favorite Tv series

The title of the tv series is Alerte cobra The country of origin is germany The original language is english There are 48 and 370 episodes by seasons The episodes running time is forty-five minutes The mains characters is Sami Garçan He is Policeman

IT discribes the action policeman of the higways.

Great series

[the-ghoul · 28 October 2005]

This series is great! Yes, it has plot holes you could hide a city in. (Not a small one.) Yes, it alway, always starts with a huge, huge crash on the autobahn, were miraculously nobody gets hurt. The acting is often bad, and the subplots obvious, to say the least. But it's fun anyway. It has the sort of charisma usually connected with the shows you watched as a kid (Knight Rider, A-Team) which plots were silly but who where great too watch. And all the Hollywood clichés used- that's just great. Just expect nothing in the line of plot and some great stunts and I promise you'll be satisfied. Most of all, this series is lovingly done, something which isn't always (or mostly) the case with German TV series.

Really, really cool

[andyincolorado · 9 February 2002]

I'm from the German part of Italy, and I used to watch this show every week. I really like it. Of course, some parts are not real (ok, most of the show is not real) but the action scenes are really good. Also, don't forget that most movies are not real either, so don't pick on THIS show.

Mostly good at the important terms.

[board-5 · 21 August 2009]

Great actions,and great acting,with mostly good story.This is a television series,and this means the creators time after time have to investigate the concept,and this is not work all the time,but we mostly forgive this cause real movie fans knows why is this series is for.

Creators can change in a television series,don't wait all the time the same,they will try to make the same quality,but lot of things depends on you.(what you wait from this)Sometimes it's become routine like every other series,but I still recommend this series.

This series is about great actions,and suspenseful situations,sometimes good plot also can help,give this a try,mostly this won't disappoint you.

7/10

If this is real police work...

[t.hawk · 10 June 2000]

Well, after I watched some episodes of this series, I asked myself why so many Germans watch this TV-series... I mean, in one episode there's a huge crash on the highway, with explosions and obviously heaps of injured people, and the first thing the two "policemen" did was to get out their guns and shoot into this wall of fire!!! Not caring about whether they shoot anybody, not caring about anything! In another episode there was another crash (surprise, surprise...) and the ambulance came. Did anybody notice that the crash took place on the highway near Berlin and the ambulance car was from Wuppertal (which is more than 600 kilometres far from Berlin)? Huh, seems to me that this ambulance car was beamed over to Berlin, eh? Well, at last the makers of this series changed the place to Cologne (where the series has always been made!)... Great work, boys, really, great work...