Codename: The Cleaner
By Mitch Emerson
January 6, 2007 - 11:31
Starring: Cedric The Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Callum Keith Rennie, DeRay Davis
Directed By: Les Mayfield
Produced By: Lucy Liu, A.J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen
Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy and Drama
Release Date: January 5th, 2007
MPAA Rating:PG-13 for sexual content, crude humor and some violence
Distributors: New Line Cinema
An amnesiac janitor, who is duped into
thinking he is an undercover agent, is subconsciously carrying a
secret that can link the FBI with an arms scandal. -Yahoo! Movies
Casting – Lucy Liu just has a fresh
spunkiness to her that always seems to make me smile. After watching
her as Ling on Alley McBeal for a few years I didn't like her. But,
since her movie career has taken off, well until now, she has always
been pretty upbeat and that is the only reason I didn't walk out of
this movie. Cedric The Entertainer is just trying too hard. Not
performance wise, but in his movie choices. It seems like he took
this just because he would be the star. He is heading down the same
bleak road that Martin Lawrence went down with movies like Black
Knight, National Security and the aforementioned Blue Streak. Stick
with the supporting roles Cedric. Nicollette Sheridan seems to be
trying to cash in on the popularity of Desperate Housewives and I
can't blame her. I will give her props on the great physical shape
she is in, and we get to see almost all of that shape in this,
although in my opinion her face is coming awfully close to hitting
the proverbial brick wall.
The day that Cedric The Entertainer is
a member of Special Ops will be the day I play Superman.
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