Cleaner (2025) - Review
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Directed by: Martin Campbell
Written by: Simon Uttley, Paul Andrew Williams, Matthew Orton
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar, Clive Owen
Runtime: 96 min
Synopsis: Set in present-day London, a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages in order to expose the corruption of the hosts. Their just cause is hijacked by an extremist within their ranks, who is ready to murder everyone in the building to send his anarchic message to the world. It falls to an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 stories up on the outside of the building, to save those trapped inside, including her younger brother.
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Editor's Note: Original review was written for Talking Films. Full article can be found below.
REVIEW SUMMARY
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. In the end, it's 90 minutes of decent entertainment, but one that won't leave a lasting impact in the endless lineup of Die Hard's spiritual successors.
