2007 · crime · thriller · mystery
Cleaner
Directed by Renny Harlin1h 28m2007
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
Our read: Cleaner (2007) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive crime · thriller · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- twisty
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