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The Rookie

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Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen in The Rookie (1990)
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A veteran detective is assigned a rookie partner after his previous partner is killed by a car theft gang. He is determined to apprehend those responsible for his friend's death but his new ... Read allA veteran detective is assigned a rookie partner after his previous partner is killed by a car theft gang. He is determined to apprehend those responsible for his friend's death but his new partner isn't really up to the task.A veteran detective is assigned a rookie partner after his previous partner is killed by a car theft gang. He is determined to apprehend those responsible for his friend's death but his new partner isn't really up to the task.
IMDb RATING
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27K
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  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Boaz Yakin
    • Scott Spiegel
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Charlie Sheen
    • Raul Julia
Top credits
  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Boaz Yakin
    • Scott Spiegel
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Charlie Sheen
    • Raul Julia
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 102User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
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    Clint Eastwood in The Rookie (1990)
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    Clint Eastwood in The Rookie (1990)
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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Nick Pulovskias Nick Pulovski
    Charlie Sheen
    Charlie Sheen
    • David Ackermanas David Ackerman
    Raul Julia
    Raul Julia
    • Stromas Strom
    Sônia Braga
    Sônia Braga
    • Lieslas Liesl
    • (as Sonia Braga)
    Tom Skerritt
    Tom Skerritt
    • Eugene Ackermanas Eugene Ackerman
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    • Sarahas Sarah
    Pepe Serna
    Pepe Serna
    • Lt. Rayd Garciaas Lt. Rayd Garcia
    Marco Rodríguez
    Marco Rodríguez
    • Loco Martinezas Loco Martinez
    • (as Marco Rodriguez)
    Pete Randall
    • Cruzas Cruz
    Donna Mitchell
    Donna Mitchell
    • Laura Ackermanas Laura Ackerman
    Xander Berkeley
    Xander Berkeley
    • Ken Blackwellas Ken Blackwell
    Tony Plana
    Tony Plana
    • Moralesas Morales
    David Sherrill
    David Sherrill
    • Maxas Max
    Hal Williams
    Hal Williams
    • Powellas Powell
    Lloyd Nelson
    Lloyd Nelson
    • Freeway Motoristas Freeway Motorist
    Pat DuVal
    • Interrogator #1as Interrogator #1
    Mara Corday
    Mara Corday
    • Interrogator #2as Interrogator #2
    Jerry Schumacher
    • Interrogator #3as Interrogator #3
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Boaz Yakin
      • Scott Spiegel
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to the book "Clint Eastwood A Cultural Production" by Paul Smith, during the early stages of principal photography, Charlie Sheen had substance abuse problems.
    • Goofs
      When Loco is fighting with Sarah in the living room, a crew member wearing a white t-shirt is briefly visible by the front door, as well as one in a green shirt.
    • Quotes

      Nick Pulovski: [to Strom] There's gotta be a hundred reasons why I don't blow you away. Right now I can't think of one.

    • Alternate versions
      The Australian television version was inconsistently edited for sexual and violent content. The scene between Liesl and Pulovski ends after she explains the purpose of the bullet she wears, yet the full sequence is shown on the video screen later when Ackerman rescues Pulovski. All sequences of 'three bullet death', such as Sarah killing Loco and the "Amateur" shootings of Ackerman and Liesl are reduced to one bullet. The final shooting of Strom is heard but not shown.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Misery/Hidden Agenda/Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      All The Things You Are
      Written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

    User reviews102

    Review
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    Not one of Eastwood's brighter moments
    This is one of the low points of Clint Eastwood's directorial career: A by-the-numbers action movie that is partly tongue-in-cheek, but only genuinely funny when Charlie Sheen tries to play the tough guy role and fails miserably. The utterly ridiculous plot is stock cop/buddy/action movie formula with Eastwood as the gruff take-no-prisoners veteran paired with a rookie (Sheen) who has a tragic past. The movie is way too long (2 hours) for such a predictable storyline and pads itself out with a ridiculous scene in which the villainess (played by Sonia Braga) tries to seduce the tied-up Eastwood. How lame is this movie? In one scene Sheen is shot repeatedly in the back and presumed dead, until he (predictably) comes out of a doorway minutes later, dazed and holding his jacket in his hand with his bullet proof vest exposed to show how they absorbed the bullets. Now, why on earth would he have removed his jacket? There's no reason at all, except for him to show the movie audience that he was wearing a bulletproof vest!

    Probably in response to the then-success of such macho action heroes as Stallone and Schwarzenneger, Eastwood pumps up the violence and testosterone to ridiculous levels, none moreso than when Sheen takes on a bar full of rowdy customers and ends up demolishing the place in an unintentionally hilarious sequence that depicts his transformation from uptight rich kid to macho supercop. Eastwood does a reasonably amusing spoof of his Dirty Harry character, but the late Raul Julia is saddled with a one-dimensional villain that does him little justice.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 7, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chàng Thanh Tra Trẻ
    • Filming locations
      • San Jose, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Malpaso Productions
      • Kazanjian/Siebert Productions
      • Lighthouse Entertainment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,633,874
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,510,056
      • Dec 9, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $21,633,874
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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