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Cleaner (2025 film)

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Cleaner
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin Campbell
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEigil Bryld
Edited by
  • Jim Page
  • Cheryl Potter
Music byTom Hodge
Production
companies
Distributed bySky Cinema
Release dates
  • 21 February 2025 (2025-2-21) (United States)
  • April 2025 (2025-4) (United Kingdom)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$1,228,867[1]

Cleaner is a 2025 British action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell, written by Simon Uttley, Paul Andrew Williams, and Matthew Orton, and starring Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar and Clive Owen.

The film was first released in theatres in the United States on 21 February 2025, and is set to be released in the United Kingdom on Sky Cinema in April 2025.

Synopsis

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When activists take over an energy company's annual gala held at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf in London, some more radical members of their group take hostages and threaten to blow up the building if police intervene. A dishonorably discharged but highly trained ex-soldier, who works as the building's window cleaner, attempts to save the hostages when she learns one of them is her older brother.

Cast

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  • Daisy Ridley as Joanna "Joey" Locke, an ex-soldier who dishonorably discharged
    • Poppy Townsend White as young Joey
  • Clive Owen as Marcus Blake, the leader of a radical activist group
  • Taz Skylar as Noah Santos, Joey's coworker
  • Matthew Tuck as Michael Locke, Joey's older brother
    • Dudley Watts as young Michael
  • Flavia Watson as Zee
  • Ruth Gemmell as Director Claire Hughes
  • Ray Fearon as Kahn
  • Rufus Jones as Geoffrey Milton
  • Richard Hope as Alistair Lawson
  • Lee Boardman as Gerald Milton

Production

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The film is directed by Martin Campbell and is being produced by Anton, with Sebastien Raybaud and Callum Grant as producers.[2]

Casting

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In May 2023, Daisy Ridley was confirmed in the lead role.[3] Later that month, Clive Owen joined the cast.[4] In October 2023, Taz Skylar joined the cast.[5]

Filming

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Principal photography was reported by Screen Daily to have started in London in September 2023.[6] First look images from Ridley filming in London appeared in the media in October 2023.[7]

Release

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Sky Original Film acquired the rights to the film with plans for an early 2025 release on Sky Cinema.[8] The film was released in the United States on 21 February 2025, by Quiver Distribution.[9]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 51% of 69 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Daisy Ridley's credible action chops and Martin Campbell's smooth direction keep Cleaner from being a mess, but this thriller borrows one too many elements from better predecessors to have a polished identity of its own."[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[11]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive feedback and wrote, "Director Campbell clearly knows his way around this sort of material, resulting in some tense, well-staged action sequences that make Cleaner reasonably diverting for its concise running time."[12]

Robert Kojder of Flickering Myth rated the film a rating of 3/5 and said, "This film deserves to find an audience; 10 or 15 years ago, it would entertain at multiplexes and likely do solid box office numbers. The whole Hollywood system needs cleaning."[13]

Giving a 3/4 rating, Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Cleaner is a good-not-great thriller in the Die Hard mold that gets an extra lift from Campbell's skillful direction and from Ridley, who is slowly but surely showing herself to be a performer of wide range and appeal."[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Cleaner (2025)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  2. ^ Booth, Ned (12 May 2023). "Cleaner': Daisy Ridley To Star In Martin Campbell's Skyscraper Actioner At The Cannes Market". The Playlist. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ Khomami, Nadia (12 May 2023). "The Shard to provide backdrop in Daisy Ridley thriller". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ravindran, Manori (18 May 2023). "Clive Owen Joins Daisy Ridley in London-Set Action Thriller 'Cleaner' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ Kroll, Justin (11 October 2023). "'One Piece' Breakout Taz Skylar Joins Daisy Ridley In 'Cleaner'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. ^ Calnan, Ellie (21 December 2023). "2023 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK: latest updates". screendaily.com. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  7. ^ Cooper, Brenna (9 October 2023). "First look at Daisy Ridley's new movie Cleaner". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ^ Tabbara, Mona (24 September 2024). "'Cleaner' starring Daisy Ridley picked up for UK-Ireland by Sky (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Media Business Insight.
  9. ^ Grobar, Matt (3 December 2024). "Quiver Distribution Acquires Action-Thriller 'Cleaner' Starring Daisy Ridley & Clive Owen". Deadline Hollywood.
  10. ^ "Cleaner (2025)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Cleaner Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  12. ^ Scheck, Frank (17 February 2025). "'Cleaner' Review: Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen Slum Through a Competent but Deja Vu-Drenched B-Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  13. ^ Kojder, Robert (18 February 2025). "Movie Review – Cleaner (2025)". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  14. ^ LaSalle, Mick (17 February 2025). "Review: Daisy Ridley gets a 'Die Hard'-style workout in fast, effective 'Cleaner'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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