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Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)

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Reviews Counted:78

Fresh:3

Rotten:75

Average Rating:2.9/10

Consensus: Code Name: The Cleaner is a limp action/comedy flick that alternates between lame, worn-out jokes and cheesy martial arts.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, crude humor and some violence

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 5, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $8,104,069

Synopsis: Cedric the Entertainer (JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION, BARBERSHOP) stars as Jake, a bumbling amnesiac, in the spy-parody caper CODE NAME: THE CLEANER. Waking up next to a dead FBI agent and a briefcase... Cedric the Entertainer (JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION, BARBERSHOP) stars as Jake, a bumbling amnesiac, in the spy-parody caper CODE NAME: THE CLEANER. Waking up next to a dead FBI agent and a briefcase full of money, and with flashbacks to his combat training, Jake suspects he's actually an undercover operative. He comes into contact with numerous characters who add to his confusion: Diane (Nicollette Sheridan), a blond bombshell claiming to be his wife; Gina (Lucy Liu), a feisty waitress who insists she's his girlfriend; and employees of a computer technology company who are adamant that he's a janitor. The film escalates into a race against the clock--while piecing his past together Jake realizes he holds a valuable secret and must thwart a group of dangerous agents who are after him.  Fun for the whole family, CODE NAME: THE CLEANER includes some hilarious moments and showcases Cedric's endearing comic appeal as the anti-James Bond. Liu (KILL BILL, CHARLIE'S ANGELS) gets to show off her well-known fighting moves and DeRay Davis (SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS) is a scene stealer as a fast-talking janitor/wannabe-rapper. Although the plot drags a bit, there is plenty of fast-paced action and steamy content thanks to Sheridan and Liu, whose provocative scenes add heavy doses of sex appeal to the film. [More]

Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Elizabeth Hurley

Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Elizabeth Hurley, Callum Keith Rennie, Mark Dacascos, De Ray Davis, Will Patton

Director: Les Mayfield

Director: Les Mayfield
Producer: Brett Ratner, Jay Stern, Eric C. Rhone, John Cheng
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: New Line Cinema

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The Entertainer conjures up some charm, and DeRay Davis provides pyrotechnics as a janitor/wanna-be rapper, but like the teddy-clad bubble-bath square-off between Liu and Sheridan, it’s just not enough.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
01/15/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Depressingly laugh-free comedy that's so irredeemably awful that you'll wonder why Martin Lawrence isn't in it.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
12/27/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

The one laugh is in the production notes, where director Les Mayfield claims this is a comic take on the Jason Bourne movies. As if.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
12/07/07
David Gritten
David Gritten
Independent

If you like comedies but hate going to the trouble of actually laughing, then this might just be the movie you've been waiting for.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
12/07/07
Phelim O'Neill
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]

Although comprised of lowest-common denominator gags, it’s an oddly hard-to-follow affair, with good and bad FBI agents popping up everywhere and the plot only revealing itself in fits and starts.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
12/07/07
Daily Mirror [UK]

The sooner Code Name... gets flushed out of cinemas, the better.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/07/07
Catherine Chambers
Catherine Chambers
BBC

where the number-one superguy used to solve crazy mix-ups like this in 15 minutes, The Cleaner takes a laboured, exposition-larded hour and a half.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Ken McIntyre
Ken McIntyre
Total Film

Do anything: rob a petrol station, superglue your eyelids together, chew on broken glass, just avoid at all costs.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/07/07
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out

Code Name: The Cleaner is one of the year’s big stinkers.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
12/07/07
Rob Daniel
Rob Daniel
Sky Movies

A prime candidate for Worst Movie Of 2007.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/07/07
Ross Bennett
Ross Bennett
Empire Magazine

too clumsy to be the sophisticated parody of memory-loss films it might have been, too bland for its action sequences to kick any ass, too dumbed-down to make much out of the clashes of race, class and gender at the heart of its fish-out-of-water comedy

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
12/07/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

If Cedric the Entertainer's constant mugging for the camera is not your cup of tea, and a derivative plot, relatively humorless script, and mundane directing aren't up your alley, then best to clean Code Name: The Cleaner off your must-see list right now.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/25/07
Scott Collura
Scott Collura
IGN Movies

...a rather silly and humorless affair that pretty much wastes Cedric's comic talents.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
04/24/07
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Code Name: The Minstrel Coon Show!

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
04/19/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

The kind of comedy that you'll forget mere moments after seeing.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
03/24/07
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
UGO

There's some pretty good improvised shtick from DeRay Davis as a wacky janitor. But these are small pleasures in a movie that never really generates any serious laughs.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/07/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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Beyond such amateurishly ill-constructed plot points, what should be a fast-moving film is slow and repetitious.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International

From its weak premise to its boring action to its unpleasant jokes, this movie fulfills the worst expectations of January releases: it's awful.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
02/24/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
 
 
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