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' or the succeeding 'Rush Hour' - I always recall the banter and that the two are subconsciously looking out for each other. Here, it just felt like Eastwood and Sheen weren't connected - despite being policing partners. The action elements help raise this film from the depths though, as all the set pieces and stuff like that come off - there's one scene that Michael Bay would love, I'm sure. The support cast are alright too, I recognised - among one or two others - Xander Berkeley and Tony Plana. Despite those (minor) positives, the initially mentioned parts override them in 'The Rookie'. These type of films need to make you love watching the two leads together, but here I simply didn't - they make for an average partnership, at best.

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"There's gotta be a hundred reasons why I don't blow you away. Right now I can't think of one." Clint Eastwood is the only one that can give that kind of reaction when he's being raped by a woman in a movie. I never expected to see a scene like this. Not in a million years. Anyway in the Rookie we get Clint Eastwood being Clint Eastwood, dogs, bar fights, car chases, a huge explosion, Raul Julia and Sônia Braga as great villains, a true early 90's action movie, buddy cop scenes between Charlie Sheen and Eastwood, a badge being upside down, kidnappings, a terrible color for a car, a plane chasing Charlie Sheen and Clint Eastwood while they are on foot and daddy issues. The Rookie feels very much like a movie from its time and I went in completely blind but if you like buddy cop action movies and Clint Eastwood being Clint Eastwood, you can give this one a shot!

A decent cop-buddy action movie with Eastwood dan Sheen. Not5 the nest of the kind but the two stars make it good entertainment.

Clint Eastwood teaches the hard-boiled trade.