The Rookie
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Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Overview
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.
Reviews (3)
Wuchak (Rated: 4)
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 Rooki...
r96sk (Rated: 6)
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...
GenerationofSwine (Rated: 10)
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 m...
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