THE ROOKIE (1990): POLICE BRUTALITY RUNDOWN

“We got police brutality reports coming in all over the place”.

The Rookie (1990) is possibly the manliest movie of the 1990s.  In the end, some villains are taken out.  No-one can deny that Charlie Sheen and Clint Eastwood get results.  However, the methods are ‘questionable’.  A judge might recoil when the paperwork comes through:

Criminal Damage: Eastwood shoots up a civilian car to make a point
Murder: Eastwood executes an unarmed suspect being used as a human shield in attempt to shoot primary suspect
Trespassing and Assault: Eastwood enters a premises without a warrant.  When a civilian protests Eastwood’s illegal presence, Eastwood strangles him, threatens additional violence
Blackmail, Tresspassing and Criminal Damage: Eastwood enters a property without a warrant, destroys a suspect’s car with suspect inside, threatens violence unless suspect agrees to Eastwood’s illicit demands.
Illegal Wiretapping: Sheen advises Eastwood that the shady wiretapping they’re engaging might be illegal. Eastwood suggests Sheen think about hot women
Attempted Murder: Sheen tries to burn civilian alive after verbal dispute between the two
Violent Assault: Unprovoked, Sheen attacks a civilian drinking at a bar
Violent Assault: Unprovoked, Sheen attacks separate civilian
Violent Assault: Violent assault by Sheen on civilian, brutal kick
Arson, Attempted Murder: Sheen burns a man’s business/bar to the ground, threatens patrons with murder, goes on shooting rampage
Violent Assault on Detained Suspect: Eastwood and Sheen beat detained suspect with weapons, threaten with murder
Murder: Eastwood executes a detained suspect, after suspect is disarmed and requests medical assistance
Corruption: After executing a suspect, Eastwood is promoted within the force, as opposed to arrested

Pity they didn’t make a sequel…