Cleaner – Movie Review
First Reaction – Cleaner is a solid late-night action movie.
Director: Martin Campbell
Writer: Simon Uttley, Paul Andrew Williams, Matthew Orton (Screenplay)
Cast
- Daisy Ridley (Star Wars Force Awakens)
- Clive Owen (Children of Men)
- Matthew Tuck
- Taz Skylar (One Piece)
Plot: Criminal activists hijack a gala, taking 300 hostages. One extremist plans mass murder as a message to the world. An Ex-soldier turned window cleaner now works to rescue the hostages.
Runtime: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Cleaner starts when former soldier turned skyscraper window cleaner Joey (Ridley) faces a tough day. Her autistic brother, Michael (Tuck) is thrown out of the latest care home, and her boss is becoming challenging.
However, an elite gala gets hijacked by Marcus (Owen), demanding that company bosses reveal their darkest secrets. Joey decides to use her military skills to rescue the hostages and save her brother.
Verdict on Cleaner
Recap
The movie follows a former soldier turned window cleaner who gets caught in the middle hostage situation. She finds herself needing to save hostages and her brother, while the terrorist has bigger demands from the people they see as enemies.
Best Parts
The movie uses the contained high-rise building well, with Joey spending a large amount of the movie trapped outside of the building. It has a villain with strong motives that could see you support their cause, not their methods. The action is solid enough once it is unleashed.
Worst Parts
The movie tries too hard to shock early, which takes away an interesting side to the villain’s story. It falls into more of a preachy story that doesn’t deliver the way it wants to.
Final Thoughts –Cleaner is an easy-to-watch late-night-action movie.
