"Cleaner"
Watched English movie "Cleaner".
Directed by Renny Harlin. Written by Mathew Aldrich. Produced by Steve Golin and others. Cinematography Scott Kevan . Music by Richard Gibbs. The film stars Samuel Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes, Luis Guzmán, Keke Palmer. The film runs for about 1 hour 29 minutes and was released in 2007. I watched it on Netflix on 11th Feb 2024.
Samuel Jackson runs a cleaning agency. But it’s not a normal cleaning service. He cleans up after violent death. One day he gets a job to clean a murder scene, from police. Keys to the house are left below mat. However, after the clean up, he forgets to return the key to its place. Next day he goes to return the key and finds a wife waiting for her husband. She has no idea about yesterday’s order. Something is fishy.
Samuel has retired from police after the murder of his wife and convenient murder of her killer in prison. He keeps avoiding his partner Ed, who is also godfather of his daughter, until this business. Investigation against current police chief is launched and Samuel suspects that the murder scene he cleaned, is somehow connected to it.
Who was killed? Who is the murderer? Why was Samuel asked to clean? Is he in trouble? Can he solve the mystery?
Samuel plays the cleaner very well. He is a good guy at heart. He is father and mother to Rose. He keeps avoiding Ed under one pretext or another. But he is terrified as he doesn’t know who to trust. Ed plays his partner who considers Samuel family but is frustrated by his avoidance. Rose (Keke) likes Ed and loves Samuel. Eva plays wife of the murdered guy who tries to pry truth out of Samuel. She looks vulnerable but firm.
The movie builds up very well but the end doesn’t keep the graph going up. It’s a bit abrupt and not dramatic enough.
Positives: Acting
Negatives: The end.
A one time watch!
