Cleaner
(2025)
Overview
When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save those trapped inside, including her older brother.
Director
Martin Campbell
Writers
Paul Andrew Williams, Simon Uttley, Matthew Orton
Top Billed
Daisy Ridley
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
Manuel São Bento
⭐ 6/10February 17, 2025
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"Cleaner is a functional action-thriller that meets the genre's basic requirements without ever truly standing out.
Daisy Ridley's all-in commitment elevates the material, but Martin Campbell's competent direction can't hide a predictable script and a thematic exploration that, while respectable, remains surface-level.
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MovieGuys
⭐ 5/10March 23, 2025
"Cleaner" ticks the basics boxes for an action thriller, whilst peddling the usual woke tropes.
My advice, skip the first 20 minutes of this film. Its filled with the usual woke prattle about diversity, patriarchy, climate change, blah, blah, blah. All the while subtly pushing an unsavoury narrative, that the Brit military, are somehow the good guys.
Whats left thereafter, is a functional action thriller, with an Audrey Hepburn styled, to…
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PeaceMeal
April 24, 2026
Cleaner starts off with great potential. The lead character is like a young tough Keira Knightley. She's a likable modern urban girl.
Then bad guys arrived led by Clive Owen - who's always had great movies. But here he pays the bad guy and only makes a short appearance. (So, bad, and then bad again.)
The bad guys are then led by a psycho with lots of violence.
The potential was great, and there's lots of crime + police action. I just did…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$1,314,073