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‘Cleaner’ Review: A Charismatic Daisy Ridley Carries a Cheesy but Fun Action Flick Made in the ‘Die Hard’ Mold
James Bond alumni Martin Campbell’s modest popcorn caper has murky themes and wastes Clive Owen, but knows how to steer a clockwork action movie.
From the modest but fiendishly entertaining domestic thriller “Magpie” to the soulful office dramedy “Sometimes I Think About Dying” and the inspirational sports movie “Young Woman and the Sea,” the wide-ranging filmography Ridley has been recently building on her own terms stretches across biting indies and classical family blockbusters alike. With director and James Bond veteran Martin Campbell ’s “Cleaner,” Ridley further expands her repertoire with an old-fashioned and pressure-cooker action flick, dangling from the glass façade of a skyscraper to give both Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and Bruce Willis’ John McClane a run for their money. In fairness, the tiny pleasures of the predictably paint-by-numbers “Cleaner” aren’t remotely close to anything a white-knuckled “Die Hard” movie or the magnificent “Mission: Impossible” franchise can offer.
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