1990 · action · crime · buddy
The Rookie
Directed by Clint Eastwood2h 1m1990
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Our read: The Rookie (1990) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · buddy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
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