The Rookie |
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Staring:
Clint Eastwood,
Charlie Sheen,
Raul Julia,
Sonia Braga,
Tom Skerritt
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $34.94
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Description
Clint Eastwood plays a veteran cop who gets stuck with a rookie cop (Charlie Sheen) to chase down a German criminal (Raul Julia.)
Amazon.com
This somewhat desperate-looking project pairs the aging Clint Eastwood (he also directed) with a younger actor (Charlie Sheen) who was hot at the time this film was made (1990). There's certainly nothing wrong with that strategy, but it would have helped if Eastwood had a decent story to wrap around his commercial strategy. The senior star plays a grizzled cop with a smooth-faced preppie (Sheen) as a new partner. Their odd-couple shtick is as predictable as one would expect, with each man approaching the same job with a wholly different set of convictions from the other. Inexplicably, Eastwood also hired Raul Julia and Sonia Braga to plays Germans, but then the scene most people remember in this movie is Braga's rape of Eastwood--indeed an unusual moment. --Tom Keogh
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Clint's Dead End, 2010-08-20
By 1990, Clint Eastwood was reeling from a string of box-office disappointments that mirrored the career downturn of his friend Burt Reynolds. "The Rookie" represented Eastwood's last foray into the formulaic cop thriller and, from a directorial standpoint, one of his weakest efforts. Even today, it's painful to see Clint teamed with Charlie Sheen for the sake of commercial desperation. Apart from some impressive stunt work - not to mention the bizarre casting of Raul Julia and Sonia Braga as German villains - the film evaporates from memory. Luckily for Eastwood, the Oscar-winning "Unforgiven" was just around the corner.
EXCELLENT CONDITION, 2010-08-04
The seller's description of "The Rookie" was accurate. I was very pleased with this purchase.
Very good movie...., 2009-11-29
Well, it seem's that some here didn't like it..I thought I had seen this movie because of the title..but indeed, I had not. It got my attention at once...and I watched it all the way thru. The only time I left the movie was durning the commericals. It kinda reminds you of a Dirty Harry movie..so I guess that is why I liked it so much. Charlie Sheen did a pretty good job, but maybe someone else would have been better suited to play that part. I think becasue I have only seen him in a comic roll,may be the reason I was not that keen about him playing that part. All in all, I still liked it very much and I am glad I had a chance to see the film.<>Lon<>
Not typical Eastwood, 2009-11-05
The movie is good, but not up to the usual standards of a Clint Eastwood film.
The Rookie, 2009-09-14
I really enjoy having and watching classic movies like this one. The younger generation doesn't even remember it. It is a keeper.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790779416
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790779412
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-09-02
Running Time: 120
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1990-12-07 |
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