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The Rookie

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Police Det. Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) isn't so happy when he gets paired with young rookie David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen). Ackerman should have cause for concern too: Most of Pulovski's partners have ended up in body bags. But they'll have to get along if they want to take down the car-theft ring whose leaders (Raul Julia, Sonia Braga) are responsible for the death of the veteran's last partner. Does it matter that Pulovski's been pulled off the case? Not a bit.
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Empire Magazine Fails miserably to join the ranks of buddy cop classics like Lethal Weapon and 48 hours. Rated: 1/5 May 27, 2014 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times It's all meant in good fun, but it isn't. It's tired. May 27, 2014 Full Review Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune [A] depressingly familiar mismatched cop adventure ... May 27, 2014 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …while I came to scoff, Clint’s last cop movie is actually a fun ride…shopworn characters and yet a little bit of action movie heaven… Rated: 3/5 Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Clint's in this car wreck doing his usual macho thing, which might be enough to satisfy his fans. Rated: C+ Aug 2, 2017 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews One of the worst films directed by Clint Eastwood... Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 1, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jithin K Easily the worst Clint Eastwood movie I've seen, as a director or actor. It's a buddy cop movie, that's where the plot starts and ends. It tries to use a whole lot of cliches in the most boring way possible. Charlie Sheen looks bored most of the time. Can't really distinguish between what's intentional and unintentional comedy. German villains in the story but casting Hispanic actors made a lot of stuff confusing for me until it was made clear by the third act. The Mexican stereotypes in the beginning only felt worse when I realized, that the Hispanic actors using the slurs towards them are supposed to be German in the film. There were a few okay action scenes and car chases but then the movie indulges in them too much and makes it repetitive. The whole thing felt like a few episodes from a TV series of that time in the middle of a season where the show loses its audience. And the sex scene just felt like Eastwood's desire to get dominated by Sonia Braga. It was very weird and just out of place with that scene where she rapes him. It couldn't be anything other than his thinly veiled kink. The possibility of that scene must be why he made this movie, I really can't see any other reason for the existence of this movie. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review Audience Member I actually liked it! Good blend of comedy and action Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/22/23 Full Review Jelisije J An underrated Clint Eastwood movie that features Charlie Sheen as a rookie cop working with veteran cop Clint Eastwood to take down typical criminals in this entertaining cop flick. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/12/23 Full Review Tony B Car chases, pile-ups, motorcycles, gun fights, bar brawls, explosions, cheesy lines, a screaming lieutenant, two million bucks, a rookie who goes rogue, a kidnapee who gets raped by a porno star, East LA... Sheen, Eastwood, Julia, Braga… "There's probably 100 reasons I should hate this movie, but right now I can't think of one!" Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Eastwood and Sheen aren’t exactly a dream team full of chemistry. However this is still a pretty under-rated movie. Just forgettable next to a Dirty Harry movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/07/22 Full Review Sergio C As usual the "critics" get it wrong this movie is much better than anything Hollywood makes these days... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Police Det. Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) isn't so happy when he gets paired with young rookie David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen). Ackerman should have cause for concern too: Most of Pulovski's partners have ended up in body bags. But they'll have to get along if they want to take down the car-theft ring whose leaders (Raul Julia, Sonia Braga) are responsible for the death of the veteran's last partner. Does it matter that Pulovski's been pulled off the case? Not a bit.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Producer
Howard G. Kazanjian, Steven Siebert, David Valdes
Production Co
Warner Bros., Malpaso Company
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$20.3M
Runtime
2h 1m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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