Usually two cops, but could be two cowboys, astronauts, reporters, etc. One is old, 6 months from retirement; Has seen it all and done it all. He is cynical but with a heart of gold. Has been trouble with the head office for some infraction years ago and is still on the force only because of a debt owed him by the Chief. He is assigned a rookie (either a movie star who wants the experience, or a cub reporter, or the Chief’s nephew) who is good looking with great hair and who is a real smart-ass.
On their first assignment the rookie gets them both in a lot of trouble for not following procedure. They are called into the Chief's office and given a stern lecture. The old guy is usually taken off the case but continues to work on it on his own time and expense at great risk to his pension. At the end of the movie the rookie saves them both by doing some stunt that is "not in the book" which could have gotten them fired, but actually saves their lives and a lot of other people also. This is just before the enormous explosion, which they escape without a wrinkle in their suits.
The rookie gives the credit to the old guy who retires with honor and joins his family. During the movie his estranged daughter was in trouble, for drugs or stealing cars but usually because her boy friend was a rotten bum. She is straightened out at the end, dumps the boy friend, and is reconciled with her dad. The rookie ends up in bed with the glamorous assistant female D. A., who was his adversary during the movie.
In the sequel the old guy comes out of retirement, at the insistence of the Chief, for one last case. This time the old guy is the one that saves his and the rookie's lives before an even bigger explosion.
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