Cleaner (2025)
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A former soldier working as a window cleaner must navigate a high-stakes hostage situation involving an eco-activist group.
The story
Joanna "Joey" Locke, a former soldier now working as a window cleaner in London, cares for her autistic brother, Michael. While working at a high-rise in Canary Wharf, Michael accompanies her. During a shareholder gala for Agnian Energy Company, an environmental activist group called Earth Revolution seizes the building and takes guests hostage. Joey finds herself caught in the middle of the conflict as the situation escalates. She must navigate the dangers of the building's exterior and interior while trying to ensure her brother's safety amidst the chaos of the takeover and the subsequent standoff with the authorities.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Joanna "Joey" Locke, a former soldier working as a window cleaner, takes her autistic brother Michael to her workplace at One Canada Square. During a gala, an activist group called Earth Revolution takes the building hostage. The group's leader, Marcus Blake, aims to expose Agnian Energy's hypocrisy. However, a member named Noah, who disagrees with Blake's ideals, kills the company owners and takes control, rigging the building with explosives. Joey is stranded on the building's exterior while the police surround the structure. She manages to enter the building with Michael's help and eventually faces off against Noah in a brutal brawl. During the fight, she steals his detonator and pushes him to his death. After the police clear the building, Joey and Michael use a USB drive containing evidence of Agnian's corruption to expose the company to the world before retreating to the coast.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 97
- Production countries
- United Kingdom
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Martin Campbell
- Writers
- Simon Uttley · writer; Paul Andrew Williams · writer; Matthew Orton · writer
- Cast and characters
- Daisy Ridley · Joanna "Joey" Locke; Taz Skylar · Noah Santos / Lucas Vander; Clive Owen · Marcus Blake
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- environmental activism; corporate corruption
- Tone and mood
- tense; action-packed
- Setting
- London, specifically Canary Wharf, in the present day.
- Premise and plot tags
- hostage situation; eco-terrorism; sisterly bond
- Reception
- The film received mixed or average reviews from critics, with praise for its tense action sequences and the performances of the lead actors.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 51 · scale: 100 · review count: 17
- Production trivia
- The film features a character who is an online anti-corruption crusader.; Parts of Canary Wharf were recreated in Winnersh Film Studios.
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