Review of Clean (2022) by Mindurbidniss — 30 Nov 2022
What a waste of time. How can a 1 hour and 34 minute film feel so damn long?
Brody spends way too much time moping and brooding in slow motion over a character who's lost before we joined the film is focused on for a huge portion, to the point where you just want to say "get over it". The entire pacing of this movie is so off-putting that when the action finally does come, you're already numb to it. Many of it's themes are also incredibly on the nose. Hunting for vengeance? Let's hang some game heads behind you in this scene. Trying to clean up your past? I got it, let's just call you clean. Let's also make you a garbage man to top it off. I mean who the hell wrote this?
The movie also steals many of it's better parts (if there are any) from way better movies while somehow doing what they did much worse. It'll make sense once you see it in action. Speaking of action, when it hits, the parts you can see are decent. Unfortunately all action scenes take place in the dark. My guess is they wanted to save money on effects and choreography. Do yourself a favor and avoid Clean if you can. I do want to mention Ritchie Merritt (from White Boy Rick) does an incredible job with what he was given and almost seems like he's in a different film altogether. 2 of those points are for that. The other one is for the mediocre action.
This review of Clean (2022) was written by Mindurbidniss on 30 Nov 2022.
Clean has generally received positive reviews.
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