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This is basically a 'Dirty Harry' movie..

posted 18 years ago by bAzTNM
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..ain't it?

Has all the usual ingedients of a "Dirty Harry" film. Eastwood even smokes a cigar in it FFS.

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[–] 3XMMM 18 years ago

Indeed I also tought about that.

[–] joekiddlouischama 18 years ago

The difference is that The Rookie, while technically proficient from an action perspective, lacks the thematic substance and irony of most of the Dirty Harry movies.

[–] Anonymous781 18 years ago

The Dirty Harry movies were far superior to this, IMO.

[–] mattiaswesterfors1 16 years ago

C'mon "Dirty Harry Movies" better than this.
Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool stinks, well atleast Sudden Impact.

This one stands up there with Die Hard and Leathal Weapon and Road House.
A real good late 80's early 90's wham bam thank you mam kind of action.

[–] haafket 16 years ago

I think this could sort of be considered a spiritual sequel to the dirty harry movies or something

[–] ikinmoore 16 years ago

I personally do not like the Dirty Harry films but I loved the Rookie. As least, his second partner survives this film.

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[–] VanTammen 16 years ago

I've always considered this as the "retirment" movie for Dirty Harry.

never undestood why Clint charecter isn't called Harry...

[–] nutsberryfarm 14 years ago

it's entertaining!

I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"

[–] BenGrimms_Thing 15 years ago

AS much as I liked the characters of Nick and David, this movie sucked when I saw it in 91 and it sucks now. Compared to Eastwood's bigger money films it's terrible, even a little worse than Dead Pool.

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[–] SeisCinemaSeis 14 years ago

Yep, 'The Rookie' feels like another installment of the Dirty Harry series, a mix between 'The Dead Pool' and 'The Enforcer'. Every bit as bad as both of them, if not worse.

[–] cybopath 13 years ago

Dirty Harry doesn't smoke cigars.

This is basicly an action cop movie, their are a billion of 'em it happens to have Clint Eastwood be the cop but it isn't a Dirty Harry movie. that's like saying The Outlaw Josey Wales is basicly a man with no name movie because they are both westerns starring Clint.

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[–] domester82 13 years ago

When I was younger and stupider, and not that familiar with the series, I thought The Rookie and The Gauntlet were Dirty Harry films, haha.

I am not sure why he didn't adapt this script to work as a Callahan film.

I mean, the guys in High Plains Drifter and Pale Rider don't have names per se, but they ain't Man with No Name movies. Spiritual successors, perhaps.

[–] pearceduncan 9 years ago

"Spiritual successors" - nice one.

[–] coolyhooly2001 8 years ago

When I was younger and stupider, and not that familiar with the series, I thought The Rookie and The Gauntlet were Dirty Harry films, haha.

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[–] viktor_habbohotel 12 years ago

Awesome, here I was, wondering if I should see it, and you my sir, just made me want to do that!