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Cleaner is a R-rated movie with a total length of 1 hour and 37 minutes.
It is directed by Martin Campbell, who brought us movies like Golden Eye and Casino Royale. Cleaner main hero is Joey, played by Star Wars main hero Daisy Ridley.
After watching the movie trailer for Cleaner, you are immediately reminded of the Christmas blockbuster movie called "Die Hard" but this time the lead hero is actually played by a woman. But sadly, this movie has some huge story issues as they mess up some of the basic fundamentals of any action movie.
While Die Hard had a powerful villain who were all united for their cause which was greed but the most important factor about it was that all the villains were working under the main villain and were not only loyal to him but also organized, united, and had clarity on what they wanted to achieve.
Cleaner on the other hand, initially shows that the main villain is Clive Owen's character, playing as Marcus who has some sort of dispute with Noah, played by Taz Skyler, and this results in Noah actually killing Marcus, which results in almost half of the villains crew being killed because of the new leadership.
The other issue with Cleaner is that the action starts in the last 25 minutes of the movie, as the first half acts like a crime thriller.
While in Die Hard, the main villain greed is the ultimate motive for his actions. In Cleaner, the motivation is actually to tarnish the reputation of an energy company known as Agnian, as they have done some corruption and have also somehow managed to silence the whistleblowers who were trying to uncover the dirty secrets of this energy company.
Here are some memorable quotes from the movie Cleaner:
Joey Locke: "He's going to blow the building!"
- Activist Leader: "Greedy, needy, cocky. We're going to shine a light on your crimes."
- Joey Locke: "If you touch him, I will end you."
- Skeptical Officer: "You want to hang the whole operation on a window cleaner who couldn't hack the army?"
- Joey Locke: "I'm not going to let you down."
Joey, the main heroine of this movie, plays the role of a window cleaner at a building in London that belongs to a company called Agnian. Joey has served in the army but was discharged from duty. We see a group of activists come to the building and place bombs in it as they want to show the world about the corruption of Agnian Energy Corporation to the whole world. Joey has to take care of his brother named Michael, played by Matthew Tuck, who is also present at the building.
I will give this movie a 4 out of 10 because of the issues with the Villians having no unity and also for the lack of action scenes as well. However, my reason for the low ratings is not because a woman plays the lead character as the heroine, as I think Daisy Ridley played the role quite nicely.
I think if you are really interested in watching the same kind of movie, then you should rewatch Die Hard, in which Bruce Willis plays the hero, and you will really enjoy that movie experience.
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