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Cleaner

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
44K
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Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Luis Guzmán, and Eva Mendes in Cleaner (2007)
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A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.

  • Director
    • Renny Harlin
  • Writer
    • Matthew Aldrich
  • Stars
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Ed Harris
    • Eva Mendes
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    44K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writer
      • Matthew Aldrich
    • Stars
      • Samuel L. Jackson
      • Ed Harris
      • Eva Mendes
    • 105User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • Tom Cutler
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Eddie Lorenzo
    Eva Mendes
    Eva Mendes
    • Ann Norcut
    Luis Guzmán
    Luis Guzmán
    • Det. Jim Vargas
    Keke Palmer
    Keke Palmer
    • Rose Cutler
    Maggie Lawson
    Maggie Lawson
    • Cherie
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    • Miguel
    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Arlo Grange
    Edrick Browne
    • Det. Darrin Harris
    Marc Macaulay
    Marc Macaulay
    • Vic
    Rosalind Rubin
    • Crying Woman
    Mike Guy
    • Priest #1
    Richard Folmer
    • Priest #2
    James Barnes
    • Lawyer
    Linda Leonard
    Linda Leonard
    • Francine Mason
    Ritchie Montgomery
    Ritchie Montgomery
    • George Walton
    Patrick Kirton
    Patrick Kirton
    • Jeff Lang
    Peyton Wetzel
    Peyton Wetzel
    • Hotel Manager
    • Director
      • Renny Harlin
    • Writer
      • Matthew Aldrich
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Renny Harlin): (Finland): Finnish coat of arms and flag is seen on the mirror behind Tom (Samuel L. Jackson) when he's having conversation with Eddie (Ed Harris) in the hotel room.
    • Goofs
      (At 1:06:59 - 1:07:03) The same scene where Lorenzo opens the door for Tom is shown twice.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Eddie Lorenzo: Who's gonna clean you up Tom?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull/Cleaner/Recount/War, Inc./The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Beseme
      Written by Ed McCoyd

      Spanish translation by Edwin Perez

      Performed by Mistico (vocal by Edwin Perez)

      Published by Ed McCoyd Music (SESAC)

      Courtesy of BLAST! Music Management

    User reviews105

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    Featured review
    5/10
    Yet Another Twist on Police Corruption
    CLEANER is somewhat of an enigmatic movie: it starts out as though it is going to be a sassy comedy about a retired cop whose job it is to 'clean up' after homicides (a distinctly messy and repulsive job), turns into a rather grisly crime investigation story, adds a dollop of 'ain't life grand', and finishes as an exposé of police corruption. The story line by Matthew Aldrich is further fragmented by being so full of holes that the audience has to toss credibility overboard in order to make it through, and the method of direction by Renny Harlin can't seem to settle on which style to take. It is all kind of a mess and justifies the straight to DVD move. The saving grace of the film is a cast of stalwart actors who can make even a shaky script palatable.

    Tom Cutler (Samuel L. Jackson) is a 'retired' cop who makes his living cleaning up the gory remainders of criminal acts of homicide and other grisly crimes. We learn his wife was murdered some years ago, leaving him as a single father of the bright and charming teenager Rose (Keke Palmer). Cutler happens on an assignment to clean a particularly gruesome homicide scene in the home of one Ann Northcut (Eva Mendes in a nicely understated role) and as the convoluted story develops, Cutler realizes that the crime scene represents a culmination of forces that threaten to uncork a long history of police corruption - a history that involves him and his best friend Eddie Lorenzo (Ed Harris) and the tough Detective Jim Vargas (a terrific Luis Guzmán). How the story ties together and ends is too loose to convey and would ruin the minimal drama present.

    Each of the actors, even the minor roles played very well by such artists as Jose Pablo Cantillo and Robert Forster, give it the full court press. But the see-through script and the jumbled camera work and direction prevent this from being a significant film. Grady Harp
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    • gradyharp
    • Jun 8, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 18, 2008 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Чистильник
    • Filming locations
      • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Anonymous Content
      • Hygenic Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,796,630
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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