The Rookie

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Steven S. The scrip and screenplay are terrible. It’s the worst Clint Eastwood movie ever made. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/06/25 Full Review Jim P This movie had the feel of a high school film class. Poor acting poor direction and too long. It might sound like a Dirty Harry movie but amateurish production. I feel like Sheen and Eastwood were trying to portray characters as they see themselves. They're acting. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/25 Full Review Joe D this is Clint Film school 101. Very amateurish but you can see the beginings of a great movie director. Too long but the script has the loopy tie ins of his other films Two cool guys playing cops imposilble to miss seing Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/25 Full Review Anthony V This is a underrated movie with great action and whity one liners. Sure the acting isn't top tier but it should be ranked way higher than most of today's Netflix slop. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/16/25 Full Review Matthew D A great and gritty actioner with a tough as ever Clint Eastwood helming this underseen thriller. Director Clint Eastwood’s buddy cop action thriller The Rookie (1990) is surprisingly entertaining. Eastwood delivers chaotic car chases, severe shootouts, seedy cityscapes, dangerous drug deals, and ferocious fights. I love the shadowy lighting that illuminates faces and obscures the body. It looks so dynamic here in The Rookie. The whole city is cast in shadows. It’s stylish and cool with tons of toughness for an easy watch. The Rookie has acclaimed writers. Evil Dead 2 screenwriter Scott Spiegel and Uptown Girls director Boaz Yakin create a killer script. They really bring a lot of good humor like Eastwood asking everyone for a light for his cigars. The characters are realistic and well rounded. This is a complex crime narrative about the cops trying to catch a drug dealer. It’s like a dark and gritty take on The Gauntlet mixed with some Dirty Harry. They provide many huge twists and violent shocks. The one liners are constantly hilarious and hard hitting! Clint Eastwood is tough as nails as hardened Sergeant Nick Pulovski. Eastwood is basically still doing Dirty Harry here, but it totally works. He’s mean, violent, smart, brutal, and very amusing. Any time Eastwood says a one liner or shoots a guy is just fantastic. Him asking people to light his cigar never stops being funny. Charlie Sheen is quite good as the young rookie Detective David Ackerman, suffering from childhood trauma. Sheen showing his pain feels raw and real. Him trying to figure out how to be a real cop alongside Eastwood’s sneering sergeant is excellent. You’ll really want to watch your back after seeing all the things Sheen goes through in The Rookie. Tom Skerritt is great as David’s disapproving father Eugene Ackerman. Lara Flynn Boyle is sweet and pretty as David’s worried girlfriend Sarah Ackerman. Donna Mitchell gets a nice cameo as David’s mother Laura Ackerman. Puerto Rican actor Raul Julia is a riot with his every choice line as German drug dealer Ulrich Sigmund Strom. Brazilian actress and Alice Braga’s aunt Sônia Braga is creepy hitwoman Liesl Strom. Her climactic scene with Eastwood is horrifying. Pepe Serna is outrageously angry as Police Lieutenant Raymond Garcia. Marco Rodriguez’ crazy henchman Loco is fun to watch. Xander Berkeley cameos as a henchman Ken Blackwell. Tony Plana is good in his one major scene as Morales. Editor Joel Cox’ slick cuts keep the action coming. Cinematographer Jack N. Green shoots incredible shadowy nights and striking faces. The red lit bar looks awesome. Every action scene is intense and easy to follow. Production designers Judy Cammer and Ken Kaufman’s sleazy sets. Art director Ed Verreaux makes the city look ruined. The dangerous stunts are insane throughout The Rookie. The car stunts alone are wild. Clint Eastwood’s stunt double Buddy Van Horn was the assistant director, so I’m assuming he oversaw a lot of these sick shootouts and chases. The bar fight is crazy like the dog fights. Composer Lennie Niehaus’s score is cool and understated. In all, The Rookie is a blast thanks to Clint Eastwood and Raul Julia. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/03/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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