The Rookie (1990)

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Plot

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.

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Cast

Clint EastwoodNick Pulovski

Charlie SheenDavid Ackerman

Raúl JuliáStrom

Sônia BragaLiesl

Sônia BragaLiesl

Tom SkerrittEugene Ackerman

Lara Flynn BoyleSarah

Xander BerkeleyBlackwell

Mara CordayInterrogator #2

Concha GalánInterrogator #2

Pepe SernaLt. Ray Garcia

Dominique BruneLoco Martinez

Marco RodríguezLoco

Wolfgang DohnbergLaura Ackerman

Tony PlanaMorales

David SherrillMax

Hal WilliamsPowell

Kristen StewartFreeway Motorist

Matt McKenzieWang

Joel PolisLance

Writers and directors

Clint EastwoodDirectorf. 1930

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Wuchak ★ 4.0/10

***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” (1…10. Mar 2019

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r96sk ★ 6.0/10

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 …5. Feb 2022

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GenerationofSwine ★ 10.0/10

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 …14. May 2023

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JPV852 ★ 6.0/10

Pretty paint-by-numbers buddy-cop movie where Eastwood pretty much plays a Harry Callahan and Charlie Sheen completely miscast as the titular rookie character. Raul Julia, a Puetro Rican playing a Ger…5. Jan 2026

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kevin2019 ★ 8.0/10

"The Rookie" is a well paced action film throughout and it is enormously entertaining. It finds Clint Eastwood eagerly returning to the overly familiar territory of "Dirty Harry" (1971) yet again in l…9. Jun 2026

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