Rookie: Um Profissional do Perigo

Some people can dislike Charlie Sheen or Clint Eastwood. Of course, there are some reasons to dislike every man - maybe except Jesus Christ! But such negatively preconceived opinions can not make a real picture.

Here we have a movie of an average plot class, but, methinks, with good actor playing. Clint is perfect as a skilled and dried cop (just as in the '88 Dirty Harry series, 'The Dead Pool' - by the way, one of the best from the collection, maybe even better than 'Magnum Force'), and Sheen is good as a police neophyte. Their relationship is quite intriguing and is shown pretty good!

This is not Shakespeare's work, no one shall expect something swashbuckling from this movie: it is just a relaxing film to 'take a couple of Budweiser, belch twice and go to bed' - or how Clint Eastwood exactly said to describe a good evening. Very optimistic and amusing film. Such movies must be!

This wasn't ever meant to be a deep dive into the Serpico psyche of cops!

Just a simple action/buddy movie with a few laughs and some ok action.

Julia is great in it though.

From memory (hope I'm not mistaken) Sheen was basically offered the movie by Eastwood to help straighten him out as his recent success was reportedly going to his nose.

And yes the real crime committed in this movie IS the colour of the car!!!

This movie is a very standard cop buddy action film. A veteran cop is assigned to work with a rookie cop to catch a crook who killed the vet's old partner. This is so standard of action film's but that doesnt matter, its still good mindless fun. I though the action was good in this film, especially the opening car chase, and I thought Eastwood gave s good performance and was even funny at times. I am not a big Charlie Sheen fan but I thought he was ok in this one, and Raul Julia was solid as the bad guy. 3.5/5. Recommended, even though its like so many action film's its very enjoyable.

I know, I know. "The Rookie" is a critically lambasted action film, and from what I've read from the other IMDb users, it's considered one of the worst films since "Ishtar"! But, I'll cut "The Rookie" some slack, because I happen to enjoy this flick pretty much. Yeah, the dialogue is a bit crappy, especially by Pepe Serna's lines; he jitters while he talks most of the length of time of the movie!

Well anyway, I thought it is a pretty enjoyable cop drama, due to the funny chemistry between Eastwood and Sheen, who do great Mel Gibson/Danny Glover impressions. The action is intense, and the suspense is quite strong, too. "The Rookie" delivers the goods for fans of the action genre, but for those who want a more logical movie, avoid "The Rookie".

"The Rookie" 1990 is a fairly good movie, but it's not great. Strangely, both Eastwood and Sheen delivered their lines terribly: awkward, lame, and uninterested. Sonia Braga isn't all that great in this movie either. Lara Flynn Boyle is so hot, as usual, and I forgot to rate her acting. Raul Julia seems to be the only one capable of saying his lines convincingly and with menace. When a movie is loaded with great, famous actors, and they are doing badly, I am thinking someone else is to blame, and I'm looking at Clint Eastwood. Other than the stiff acting, the movie is fun to watch, and entertaining. When David finally gets mad, and goes off on a mission to rescue Nick, you find yourself saying, "It's about time!" And mentally, you feel yourself saddling up your horse. // The Bushwacker 8/28/2021.