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Cleaner (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 2
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 1999 Wide
Synopsis: An all-star cast rounds out this crime thriller about Tom Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), a former cop who has been spending his recent years working as a crime scene decontaminator. After a brutal... An all-star cast rounds out this crime thriller about Tom Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), a former cop who has been spending his recent years working as a crime scene decontaminator. After a brutal shooting goes down in a wealthy suburban home, Tom is called in to clean up the mess...only to realize he may have inadvertantly "cleaned up" crucial evidence. Ed Harris and Eve Mendes co-star in this dark, gritty crime drama helmed by director Renny Harlin (CLIFFHANGER, DEEP BLUE SEA). [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes
Director: Renny Harlin
Director: Renny Harlin
Screenwriter: Matthew Aldrich
Producer: Avi Lerner
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Reviews for Cleaner
Low-energy and grindingly mediocre, it adds a whole new dimension to Harlin's wildly uneven oeuvre: tedium.
I did like the dynamic between Samuel L. Jackson and Keke Palmer. I’d like to see them play father and daughter in the better film.
It's not that Cleaner is a terrible film, it just doesn't rear back and sock the viewer in the jaw like a great thriller should. It's mild sauce from the first frame to the last.
...a substantial improvement over some of filmmaker Renny Harlin's more recent efforts...
A neatly contained crime whodunit with a nifty setup and an expert lead performance from Samuel L. Jackson.
The "cleaning" thing was done and done better in Curdled and in terms of a crime drama, Cleaner just doesn't measure up.
Cleaner is a watchable film, but one which feels like a missed opportunity.
Cleaner suffers from a distracting case of visual jitters and takes a CSI approach to fetishizing the messy nature of the human body.
Beyond the contributions from Samuel L. Jackson and Ed Harris, however, there's very little worth talking.
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