Cleaner

Cleaner

Year: 2025

Language: english

Director: Martin Campbell

Echo Score: 46

Budget: $25M

ActionDramaThriller

In present-day London, a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages to expose the hosts' corruption. However, their cause is threatened when an extremist within the group intends to murder everyone in the building to promote his anarchic message.

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1

Childhood under domestic abuse

Joey and her brother Michael grow up in a London home marked by violence. The constant fear drives Joey to seek escape, eventually turning to wall-climbing as a way to cope. This difficult upbringing shapes their bond and Joey’s later choices.

Childhood London home
2

Two decades later: a hardened Joey and caretaker Michael

Now an adult and a former soldier who quit after an incident with a perverted squad-mate, Joey works as a window cleaner. She also cares for Michael, who is autistic and campaigns online against corruption in care homes. Their dynamic blends resilience with a shared sense of justice.

Present day London
3

Earth Revolution stages a takeover at a gala

During a shareholder gala inside One Canada Square, the activist group Earth Revolution seizes control using sleeping gas. They threaten the company’s administration and take hostages, revealing a plan to expose corporate hypocrisy. Marcus Blake leads the operation.

During gala One Canada Square, Canary Wharf
4

Geoffrey is killed; Gerald hides

Geoffrey tries to parley with the group, but Noah shoots him despite Blake’s warnings. Gerald escapes to hide, creating confusion as the takeover tightens its grip.

During negotiations Gala area
5

Noah dismantles leadership and rigs the hostages

Noah murders Marcus Blake and his loyalists, seizing leadership of Earth Revolution. He rigs the hostages with explosives linked to a dead-man switch synchronized to his heartbeat. The crisis escalates into a deadly countdown.

Following coup One Canada Square
6

Joey and Michael nearly escape; Joey stuck outside

Joey and Michael narrowly avoid being knocked out, but she becomes trapped on the building’s facade. Her SOS signal alerts the terrorists, who assume she’s neutralized and threaten to tighten their hold. Police rounds close in around the tower.

Standoff Exterior of the building
7

Claire Hume questions appearances and plans action

Claire Hume, the lead officer, doubts the surface story and begins to coordinate a real plan. She decides to allow Joey to infiltrate the building when the time is right. The tension between appearances and reality drives the operation.

Standoff Police command post
8

Joey infiltrates with Michael’s help; SWAT breaches

Joey is given permission to move, aided by Michael. Noah tries to drop an explosive toward Joey, but she escapes; SWAT fires holes in the glass, enabling entry for them.

During infiltration One Canada Square interior
9

Joey and Michael seize control of the floor; fight back

Inside the control room, Joey and Michael fend off Noah’s remaining men and seize their weapons. The siblings stabilize the situation and set the stage to disable the bomb.

Mid-operation Control room
10

Michael broadcasts Noah’s past and secures confessions

Michael uploads an old antihumanist clip to the internet to reveal Noah’s crusade as a farce. He transfers the forced confessions from the hostages to a USB drive, exposing the truth to the world. The evidence undermines Noah’s credibility.

Immediate after securing room Control room / internet hub
11

Joey lures Noah to disable the bomb trigger

Joey moves to confront Noah on the raised platform near the bomb’s trigger. She schemes to disable the device and prevent a catastrophe. The moment shifts the balance toward a possible rescue.

Climax Near the bomb trigger
12

Final confrontation ends with Noah’s death

Joey and Noah fight near a gaping hole in the facade. She removes the trigger and attaches it to herself, then pushes Noah into the blast hole, sending him to his death. The immediate danger to the hostages subsides.

Climax Facade hole
13

Hostages freed; building secured; debrief

Police clear the building and debrief with Claire Hume. The hostages are liberated, and the breach operation is completed. The public exposure of Agnian’s corruption begins to unfold.

Aftermath Inside One Canada Square
14

Joey and Michael go to the coast

Joey reunites with Michael and they retreat to the coast for quiet time together. They resolve to reveal Agnian’s crimes to the world using the new evidence gathered. The siblings take a moment to heal.

After confrontation Coast

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 16:11

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