ActionCrimeDramaThriller

The Rookie

- Packing years of experience and a .45 automatic, L.A. detective Nick Pulovski figures he's got all the help he needs. He's also got all the help he doesn't need. His new partner is The Rookie.

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.

Release Date : 1990-12-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Malpaso ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Nick Pulovski

Original Name : Clint Eastwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Ackerman

Original Name : Charlie Sheen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Strom

Original Name : Raúl Juliá

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liesl

Original Name : Sônia Braga

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eugene Ackerman

Original Name : Tom Skerritt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Lara Flynn Boyle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Blackwell

Original Name : Xander Berkeley

Gender : Male

Character Name : David's brother

Original Name : Coleby Lombardo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interrogator #1

Original Name : Pat DuVal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interrogator #2

Original Name : Mara Corday

Gender : Female

Character Name : Interrogator #3

Original Name : Jerry Schumacher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Ray Garcia

Original Name : Pepe Serna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Loco

Original Name : Marco Rodríguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laura Ackerman

Original Name : Donna Mitchell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Morales

Original Name : Tony Plana

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max

Original Name : David Sherrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Powell

Original Name : Hal Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freeway Motorist

Original Name : Lloyd Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wang

Original Name : Matt McKenzie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lance

Original Name : Joel Polis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Jordan Lund

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Felix

Original Name : Paul Ben-Victor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Romano

Original Name : Anthony Charnota

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Robert Dubac

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maitre'D

Original Name : Rodger LaRue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anchorman

Original Name : Joe Farago

Gender : Male

Character Name : Whalen

Original Name : Robert Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heather Torres

Original Name : Roberta Vasquez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Connie Ling

Original Name : Jeanne Mori

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sal

Original Name : Jay Boryea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Marylou Kenworthy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bar Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Thomas Rosales Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : David as child

Original Name : Seth Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cruz

Original Name : Pete Randall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alphonse

Original Name : Anthony Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Hargate

Original Name : Paul Butler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vito

Original Name : Nick Ballo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Det. Orrison

Original Name : George Orrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aerial Coordinator/Pilot

Original Name : James W. Gavin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Thomas H. Friedkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Craig Hosking

Gender : Male

Character Name : Band Member at Ackerman's House Party (uncredited)

Original Name : Kyle Eastwood

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***Eastwood’s forgettable detective flick with Charlie Sheen*** This is another Clint Eastwood cop thriller. What immediately comes to mind? The five Dirty Harry films, right? Or “The Gauntlet” (1977)? All great or near-great Eastwood cop pictures. So you'd expect the same from 1990's “The Rookie,” costarring Charlie Sheen as the sidekick. Well, you'd be wrong. Something keeps “The Rookie” from attaining the heights of those other Eastwood cop films. It even pales compared to “Tightrope” (1984) and “Blood Work” (2002). Don’t get me wrong, there are some entertaining elements and the thrills certainly pick up in the overblown last act, but the flick’s too contrived and even falls into camp territory at times. Furthermore, Sheen’s unconvincing as a tough cop who can singlehandedly take down a bar on the wrong side of town, not to mention the miscasting of Latino’s Raul Julia and Sonia Braga as German villains. While Braga is stunning, she’s not utilized to her potential; neither is Lara Flynn Boyle. Meanwhile Tom Skerritt is wasted in a trivial role as Sheen's rich dad. So this is a disappointing, even laughable Eastwood cop flick and rightly forgotten. The constant macho f-bombs don't help. Still, there are enough engaging moments to make it worth catching if you can laugh with it. The movie runs 2 hours and was shot in the Los Angeles area. GRADE: C/C-

r96sk

@r96sk

2022-02-05

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 'Lethal Weapon' or the succeeding 'Rush Hour' - 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.

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-05-14

There is a movie with James Woods that I keep mistaking for this one. Anyway, it falls under the "What did you expect?" category of flick. It's not good... it's not bad either. No one expected it to be a box office bomb, no one expected it to be the next big thing either. They set out to make a fun and entertaining throw away cop movie and that was exactly what they ended up making, a fun and entertaining action flick. And that is all it is, something to like and throw away, so it did it's job.