Cleaner is one of those unfortunate action/thrillers that tries to elevate weak action with an even weaker story. Martin Campbell’s latest feature is a C-tier Die Hard ripoff that substitutes the quality of its action for a poorly disguised message about modern-day terrorism. Daisy Ridley’s decent performance in this Liam Neeson-type action/thriller is not enough to save itself from being anything more than a forgettable and loud movie about senseless death.

Cleaner Review

Ridley stars as a former soldier turned window cleaner with the weight of the world on her soldiers whose day gets even worse after a group of eco-terrorists take over her place of work. Her autistic brother has been thrust into her care (sparking some sort of limited conversation about how people with disabilities are treated in society), and the pricks who’ve hired her now are desperate for her support as...