The Rookie

1990

2h 1m

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5.9/10

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Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.

Directors

Clint Eastwood

Writers

Boaz Yakin(screenplay by)

Scott Spiegel(screenplay by)

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Clint Eastwood

Charlie Sheen

Raúl Juliá

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Nick Pulovski

David Ackerman

Strom

Liesl

Eugene Ackerman

Sarah

Blackwell

David's brother

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Lt. Ray Garcia

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Laura Ackerman

Morales

Max

Powell

Freeway Motorist

Directors

Clint Eastwood

Writers

Boaz Yakin(screenplay by)

Scott Spiegel(screenplay by)

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6/10

Decent action flick, rubbish buddy cop movie. The reason for the latter is that Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen just don't really work as a pairing, when I think of great buddy cop duos - see the preceding '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/lethal-weapon/" rel="nofollow">Lethal Weapon</a>' or the succeeding '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/rush-hour/" rel="nofollow">Rush Hour</a>' - I always recall the banter and that the two are subconsciously looking out for each other. Here, it just felt like Eastwood and Sheen weren't connected - despite being policing partners. The action elements help raise this film from the depths though, as all the set pieces and stuff like that come off - there's one scene that Michael Bay would love, I'm sure. The support cast are alright too, I recognised - among one or two others - Xander Berkeley and Tony Plana. Despite those (minor) positives, the initially mentioned parts override them in 'The Rookie'. These type of films need to make you love watching the two leads together, but here I simply didn't - they make for an average partnership, at best.

r96sk05 Feb, 2022