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 SYNOPSIS
Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu and
Nicollette Sheridan star in
the fast-paced action comedy, Code Name: The Cleaner. Cedric plays Jake,
a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over
the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself unexpectedly
entangled in a high-level government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers
begin to believe that he is an undercover agent who subconsciously holds
a key piece of information that could expose an arms deal involving the
CIA and FBI. Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels) and Nicollette Sheridan
(“Desperate Housewives”) co-star as the women Jake may or may not be
involved with. Code Name: The Cleaner is directed by Les Mayfield (Blue
Streak) and will be released nationwide on January 5th, 2007
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One site
writes the synopis as "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." As exciting as that synopsis sounds, The Cleaner is
even more boring. Sure it has some humorous points, but if you have seen
the trailer you have seen most of them. Les Mayfield, who has brought us
such great films like The Man, Blue Streak and Flubber has done it
again. (Sarcasm anybody?) If I had paid attention to who the director
was, I just may have skipped this one entirely. (I will give him props
for Encino Man, though). An extremely pointless comedy that will not be
remembered next week. I can barely remember the movie and I just saw it
three days ago. Do you really want to know what's wrong with this movie?
Everything. The only redeeming qualities this movie has is Lucy Liu,
Nicolette Sheridan's body, and a cameo by Niecy Nash of Reno 911
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.
Final
thoughts – Skip it and stay home. Watch American Pie or The 40 Year Old
Virgin again instead. With plot holes Godzilla could walk through, not
to mention the ludicrous “plot” itself, Codename: The Cleaner just needs
to be flushed and forgotten.
The day that
Cedric The Entertainer is a member of Special Ops will be the day I play
Superman.
Keep
reading,
Mitch E
mitchemerson@hotmail.com
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