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The Rookie (1990 film)

The Rookie
A black poster with three horizontal red lines. Above are the faces of two serious-looking men. The man on the left, is young and black-haired. The man on the right, is older and lighter-haired. The right sides of their faces are invisible because of darkness. Below that in bold white letters are the lines: "The Rookie", "Clint Eastwood" and "Charlie Sheen". To the left of this text is a closeup of a revolver, and to the right and below are police cars, an aircraft, and a fiery explosion. The film credits appear at the bottom, with a line in bold white letters that reads: "Starts Friday December 7th Everywhere".
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Produced by Howard G. Kazanjian
Steven Siebert
David Valdes
Written by Scott Spiegel
Boaz Yakin
Starring
Music by Lennie Niehaus
Cinematography Jack N. Green
Edited by Joel Cox
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
(Time Warner)
Release date
 December 7, 1990 (1990-12-07)
Running time
 121 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $10 million
Box office $21,633,874

The Rookie is a 1990 buddy cop film directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Howard G. Kazanjian, Steven Siebert and David Valdes. It was written from a screenplay conceived by Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel. The film stars Charlie Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Tom Skerritt. Eastwood plays a veteran police officer teamed up with a younger detective played by Sheen (the rookie), whose intent is to take down a German crime lord in downtown Los Angeles following months of investigation into an exotic car theft ring.

Shot entirely on location in California during the spring of 1990, the film is distinctly remembered for its elaborate pyrotechnics and extravagant stunt work. The film crew's reliance on expensive sets and elaborate stunt equipment outweighed the need for utilizing extensive CGI special effects during production. Because of this, it is generally considered the most over-the-top film directed by Eastwood.

The Rookie premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States and Canada on December 7, 1990 grossing $21,633,874 in ticket receipts, just over twice its budget of $10 million. The film was overshadowed by the continuing success of Home Alone, which opened in theaters three weeks earlier and ended up being one of the top 100 highest-grossing films of all time. Although considered a mild financial success, The Rookie was met with generally lackluster reviews. Critics considered it formulaic and shallow, although there was some praise for the stunts and special effects; a scene in which Eastwood is raped by Braga also met with some controversy.

Nick Pulovski (Eastwood) and his partner, Powell (Williams), are assigned to the case of taking down the criminal empire of a German felon, Strom (Julia), who engages in grand theft auto for his chop shop operations. During an encounter with Strom and his men, who are loading a semi-trailer truck with stolen cars, Powell is murdered. Nick, despite efforts to catch the criminals on the highway, ends up losing them and is subsequently taken off the case by Lt. Garcia (Serna), who assigns him a new partner, David Ackerman (Sheen), a rookie cop only recently promoted to detective.


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