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The Rookie

5.9

Released December 07, 1990Runtime 2h 1min

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.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Malpaso Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $21,600,000
Profit/Loss: $11,600,000

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Cast

Clint EastwoodNick Pulovski

Charlie SheenDavid Ackerman

Raúl JuliáStrom

Sônia BragaLiesl

Tom SkerrittEugene Ackerman

Lara Flynn BoyleSarah

Xander BerkeleyBlackwell

Coleby LombardoDavid's brother

Pat DuValInterrogator #1

Mara CordayInterrogator #2

Jerry SchumacherInterrogator #3

Pepe SernaLt. Ray Garcia

Marco RodríguezLoco

Donna MitchellLaura Ackerman

Tony PlanaMorales

David SherrillMax

Hal WilliamsPowell

Lloyd NelsonFreeway Motorist

Matt McKenzieWang

Joel PolisLance

Jordan LundBartender

Paul Ben-VictorLittle Felix

Anthony CharnotaRomano

Robert DubacWaiter

Rodger LaRueMaitre'D

Joe FaragoAnchorman

Robert HarveyWhalen

Roberta VasquezHeather Torres

Jeanne MoriConnie Ling

Jay BoryeaSal

Marylou KenworthyReceptionist

Thomas Rosales Jr.Bar Patron (uncredited)

Seth AllenDavid as child

Pete RandallCruz

Anthony AlexanderAlphonse

Paul ButlerCaptain Hargate

Nick BalloVito

George OrrisonDet. Orrison

James W. GavinAerial Coordinator/Pilot

Thomas H. FriedkinPilot

Craig HoskingPilot

Kyle EastwoodBand Member at Ackerman's House Party (uncredited)

Crew

Clint EastwoodDirector

Buddy Van HornSecond Unit Director

Boaz YakinScreenplay

Scott SpiegelScreenplay

David ValdesProducer

Steven SiebertProducer

Howard G. KazanjianProducer

Phyllis HuffmanCasting

Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer

Jack N. GreenDirector of Photography

Joel CoxEditor

Matt McColmStunts

Stephanie EpperStunts

Kenny EndosoStunts

Simone BoissereeStunts

Al GotoStunts

Sandy BerumenStunts

Bobby AldridgeStunts

Cindy FolkersonStunts

Donna L. NoguchiStunts

Steve GerayStunts

Jimmy OrtegaStunts

John AldenStunts

Robert ApisaStunts

Andreé GibbsStunts

Debi ParkerStunts

John AshbyStunts

David PernaStunts

Perry BarndtStunts

William Shane GriscoStunts

Denney PierceStunts

Gary BaxleyStunts

Orwin C. HarveyStunts

Jeff RamseyStunts

Mario RobertsStunts

Richard L. HillStunts

J.P. RomanoStunts

Brad BoveeStunts

Eddie BraunStunts

Kathy BrockStunts

Steven ItoStunts

Kerry RossallStunts

Terry JacksonStunts

David RowdenStunts

Brian BurrowsStunts

Dean JeffriesStunts

Bill M. RyusakiStunts

Phil ChongStunts

Gary JensenStunts

George A. Sack Jr.Stunts

Carl CiarfalioStunts

Wayne KingStunts

Ben ScottStunts

Roydon ClarkStunts

William T. LaneStunts

John-Clay ScottStunts

Chuck CourtneyStunts

Walt La RueStunts

Will LeongStunts

Spike SilverStunts

Phil CulottaStunts

Clay M. LilleyStunts

Al SimonStunts

David D. DarlingStunts

Carey LoftinStunts

Russell SolbergStunts

Jani D. DavisStunts

Cotton MatherStunts

Deborah A. DiscoeStunts

Jann SteeleStunts

Michael MaurerStunts

Joe StoneStunts

Richard L. DuranStunts

R.L. TolbertStunts

Buddy Van HornStunts

Mike H. McGaughyStunts

Cole S. McKayStunts

Mike WatsonStunts

Kurtis EpperStunts

Jim WilkeyStunts

Tom MorgaStunts

Jerry WillsStunts

Cherée L. NelsonStunts

Danny WongStunts

Frank Ferrara Sr.Stunts

Larry NicholasStunts

Bill YoungStunts

John FrazierSpecial Effects Supervisor

Donna EvansStunts

Terry LeonardStunt Coordinator

Jeannie EpperStunts

Ken KaufmanProduction Design

Judy CammerProduction Design

Ed VerreauxArt Direction

Eddie HiceStunts

Jeff ImadaStunts

Thomas Rosales Jr.Stunts

Ronnie Rondell Jr.Stunts

Larry HoltStunts

Troy BrownStunts

Charles CroughwellStunts

John C. MeierStunts

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Reviews

***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 Rook...

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 <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/lethal-weapon/" rel="nofollow">Lethal Weapon</a...

by GenerationofSwine

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 ...