Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodNick Pulovski
- Charlie SheenDavid Ackerman
- Raúl JuliáStrom
- Sônia BragaLiesl
- Tom SkerrittEugene Ackerman
- Lara Flynn BoyleSarah
- Xander BerkeleyBlackwell
- Coleby LombardoDavid's brother
- Pat DuValInterrogator #1
- Mara CordayInterrogator #2
Recommendations
- 75
TV Guide Magazine
The film offers some disturbingly misogynist elements as well as a healthy dose of crushing violence. Still, those quibbles aside, this is a fun movie and a must-see for Eastwood fans. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The plot makes almost no sense, and Eastwood directs in his usual toneless fashion. But in this case, the fact that you can’t always tell the intentional comedy from the unintentional isn’t necessarily a drawback. - 50
RogerEbert.com
What The Rookie feels like is an assembly of scenes that were not attached to characters we can care about. The dialogue is wooden, or artificial, or self-consciously cute. Most of the characters are not given even perfunctory development. - 40
The New York Times
The Rookie is an astonishingly empty movie to come from Mr. Eastwood. - 40
Washington Post
In The Rookie, Eastwood's new buddy movie about a couple of cops in the auto theft division, Clint teams up with Charlie Sheen, and he couldn't be more naked in his attempts to connect with a younger generation of moviegoers if he laced up a pair of Reebok Pumps. - 38
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Eastwood also directed, in a plodding, heavy-handed style that leaves little to the imagination and less to the sense of humor. Every scene is as predictable as the chase that precedes or follows it. [07 Dec 1990, p.3F] - 30
Variety
Overlong, sadistic and stale even by the conventions of the buddy pic genre. - 30
Washington Post
The Rookie is like one of those maddening, waking dreams when you spend the whole night thrashing in bed while tediously repetitive images batter your racing brain. But at least morning comes. This movie, directed by Eastwood, never ends.
