everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Too dark!! Too many plots!!! Does not meet Eastwood standards!

The film uses all the most well worn tricks of the "buddy-buddy / old cop - rookie cop / poor down on his luck - rich privileged / rule breaking - rule following" action movies ever made and is at least honest enough not to try to pretend to be anything else. Clint Eastwood is an interesting choice in such a film and his performance is clearly better than the film actually demands. The Schwarzenegger like one-liners are made more amusing when coming from his lips although the crafting of a new catch phrase "You gotta light?" doesn't quite work. Charlie Sheen is mean, moody and handsome and isn't really required to be anything else, the dad-son "You were never there for me!" scenes are an embarrassment to be perfectly frank and could well have been omitted from the film.The story is simple about a veteran cop and his new partner, Charlie Sheen going on the rampage in LA for car thieves while in the pursuit of revenge for the murder of Eastwood's partner early on film by the leader of the criminal gang. It has Eastwood on good form with some good one liners and he is a joy to watch as he shows he is not over the hill and does what he does best in a cop role. Sheen puts on a good show and is convincing as a wet behind the ears rookie but soon breaks free from this when he goes berserk, as taught by his mentor Eastwood. The action scenes are great with some ferocious car chases, and none of the dodgy CGI you get theses days. The action scenes include a out of control car chase down the free way where a car transporter sheds it's load of luxury cars off the trailer into the traffic. The other stand out moment is when Eastwood and Sheen was escape a building ready to explode by driving out of the top floor window while the building blows up behind them. If you love Eastwood and his demeanor and quips and you love a good cop story this is something you need to see in one form or another.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

All the new police look to get into investigating homicide, but not Charlie Sheen. With nightmares of his brother's plunge from a building, Sheen decides to chase car thieves. This is just in time for veteran Clint Eastwood to lose his partner to one of the latter, played well by Raul Julia and female Rambo partner Sonja Braga.Sheen is mild-mannered, well dressed and from an affluent family. This all changes when his mistake leads to Eastwood being captured and held hostage by the Julia-Braga team.Sheen becomes a one-man show by himself in this action packed film. We have the usual bridge chases, and Sheen burning down a bar is memorable. The film culminates in a wild chase airport scene and everyone there runs for cover.By film's end, Sheen is another Eastwood with the story about to repeat itself by Sheen having another partner while Eastwood moves upstairs.Fast-paced action thriller well worth viewing.

I believe that The Rookie would be most enjoyed by those who are 13 and up. I can't really evaluate Clint Eastwood's acting because I always love seeing him in any film he does. I can't really evaluate Charlie Sheen's performance because I don't care much about him and his acting. I did find that the Rookie moved along at a decent pace and kept me interested in the film throughout. I like cop films. I think it is always good to see cops as humans and not just uniformed officers of the law. Overall, I found the movie quite enjoyable. The Rookie will not be a "cop classic" like Dirty Harry, but so what. It provides an evening of entertainment. Better have the popcorn already made and sit back and enjoy. I give it four thumbs up.