ivo-cobra8 Disclaimer: If you are a viewer that mainly prefers art-house-type movies, then you might as well ignore this review. In addition, if you're not able to take an action buddy cop movies, ignore this review, as well. We'll both be better off.The Rookie (1990) is an underrated action buddy cop from Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen and it is one of my favorite action flicks from Clint Eastwood. Even for underrated is still my action film that I have grew up with it. Fun. Underrated. Don't make em like this now. Tough and gritty, fires with a full clip. Eastwood and Sheen are terrific together. If Lethal Weapon is the granddaddy of buddy cop films, then The Rookie is the bastard child of that genre. Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen make for an odd paring, but then again even Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker would do it in Rush Hour almost a decade later. The Rookie offers nothing new from the buddy cop venture and that said it doesn't mean the movie is a total waste. Eastwood is at his usual sarcastic fun, while Charlie Sheen played he was under the substance abuse problems. Eastwood reportedly took on a father-figure role in disciplining Sheen into responsible behavior. Anyway the film is as good as one can expect from one of the lesser known Eastwood 90's offerings.This was one of Raul Julia's memorable movies that I remember it, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga did a fine job as a team of criminals against two cops Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen. I know this movie is very underrated and forgotten Clint Eastwood's movies just like Firefox (1982) another Clint Eastwood's flick. Both of the movies have the same scores on IMDb 5,8 and 5,9 in my opinion The Rookie is better movie than Firefox (1982)! This film is my favorite action flick and it is in my Blu-ray collection. I love this movie as well I love other Eastwood movies. This film Entertains out of me. I love this movie I have great time watching of this movie. Where every where I see any better this movie, it brings a great smile on my face. This is interesting type of film in the way of that is slight in a pretense real powerhouse Clint Eastwood Academy Award-winner directing type of stuff in filmography, and Eastwood just play around in genre, he doesn't try to do anything groundbreaking or independent or any kind a big heavy one, you just have good old fun time watching this flick. Seems that everyone in this film had a blast doing this movie and doing a buddy cop action movie. Real dopes chemistry between the lead cops and the murderer criminal thieves.This was very good and lots of action. I like the scene when Clint is having sex with Sonia Braga when she has him handcuffed to a chair LOL. Laura Flynn Boyle who was Charlie Sheen's wife used to be hot. She looks terrible now LOL. She should've never messed with her face. This was the last good action movie Clint did. He's directed a lot of shitty movies after The Rookie. When you work with Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen, it's not just a job, IT'S A F****** ADVENTURE!!! This movie is an hidden gem, to me this is better than lethal weapon 4. As an ardent Eastwood fan, I would agree that The Rookie isn't one of his best films, but not bad, either. It seems like it was too long and complicated, for some reason. And Charlie Sheen's poor acting didn't help. I have enjoyed the action scenes, the gun play and the rape. This is action packed movie with spectacular action sequences Eastwood has ever filmed. A freeway becomes a an 80-mph bumper car game. A barrio bar busts open like a giant piñata. The two drive trough a wall to escape an exploding building...five stories up. Fasten your seat belt.This is Clint Eastwood's last good action flick and even tough the movie was a flop in blockbusters in the 90's it is still fun film to watch and it is never boring. It is my favorite Clint Eastwood's movie. It is a shame this movie is forgotten and almost no one talk's about it. 3 cars drop off at Storm's lorry where to cause the accident chaos because there's lot of bad guys in it! Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") and Golden Globe-winner Charlie Sheen (TV's "Two and A Half Men," "Wall Street") star as a tough police veteran and a young idealistic cop who team up to battle a car theft ring. The movie focus more about a mastermind car thief ring who specialized for car jacking and selling them on a black market. The basic plot and the story are good to me. I am really wondering am I the only one who loves this action flick? and I think it is too underrated for Clint Eastwood fans! Anyway this movie get's 9/10 out for me I still have enjoy it.The Rookie is a 1990 buddy cop film directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Howard G. Kazanjian, Steven Siebert and David Valdes. It was written from a screenplay conceived by Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel. The film stars Charlie Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Tom Skerritt.9/10 Grade: A- Studio: Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions, Kazanjian/Siebert Productions Starring: Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Tom Skerritt, Lara Flynn Boyle, Marco Rodríguez, Hal Williams Director: Clint Eastwood Producers: Howard G. Kazanjian, Steven Siebert, David Valdes Screenplay: Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel Rated: R Running Time: 2 Hrs. 00 Mins. Budget: $21.633.874 Box Office: $21,633,874

SnoopyStyle David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen) is a new detective in the LAPD. He's haunted by the guilt over the death of his brother. Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) is a detective investigating Strom (Raul Julia)'s car thief ring. His partner is killed by Strom and the case is transfered to homicide. He is given Ackerman as his new partner and he refuses to let go of the case against Strom.It's a buddy cop drama with a lifeless buddy cop relationship. Eastwood is rehashing his Dirty Harry persona. Sheen doesn't play off of it well. He's too cold. It lacks humor and it lacks chemistry. There are some fine action stunt work but there isn't much else.

Wuchak This is a Clint Eastwood cop movie. What immediately comes to mind? The five Dirty Harry films, right? Or maybe "The Gauntlet"? Possibly even "Tightrope"? These are all great or near-great Eastwood cop pictures. So you'd expect the same from 1990's "The Rookie," co-starring Charlie Sheen as Eastwood's new sidekick.Well, you'd be wrong. Although relatively entertaining, particularly the second half, something keeps The Rookie from attaining the heights of those other Eastwood cop films. As it is, it's just okay.The film co-stars Raul Julia and Sonia Braga as the main villains and Tom Skerritt as Sheen's rich dad.BOTTOM LINE: This is a mildly disappointing Eastwood cop flick. It's not bad, but it's not good either. It's somewhere in between. And the constant stream of forced f-bombs don't help (don't get me wrong, I prefer realism in pictures and can handle realistic cussing; it just comes across noticeably forced here).GRADE: C

Stanjaudit Clint Eastwood is in a class by himself. There are not many actors that can act and direct. This movie, The Rookie, is a classical example of Clint's ability to act and direct. Whether its a western or more urban such as Dirty Harry in San Frsncisco or Wes Boc in New Orleans or a Texas Ranger in A Perfect Day chasing after a hardened criminal, Kevin Costner, who's kidnapped a 7 year old boy whose mother is a Jehovah's Witness. To attack the script and the directing and using those as a means to ridicule Mr. Eastwood as an actor and a director is wrongheaded thinking. Clint Eastwood is an American Icon. By deriding Clint Esstwood one is attacking a shining example of hard work and dedication to ones work--in this case acting.One should view this movie for the entertainment value that the actors involved brought to us. The one actor who really struggled through this movie was Raul Julie who was struggling with his liver disease. Actors are professional and enjoy bringing us there trade for our enjoyment.