Review of Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) by Cal ( — 12 Jan 2008

Yet another horrendously appalling comedy released during 2007 (there have been far too many), and this addition is one of the worst. Code Name: The Cleaner is fundamentally The Bourne Identity with a different cast.

The plot is horrible, characters are all weak and stereotypical, and performances are just bad. Sure, casting Cedric The Entertainer as a lead in a movie may sound like a good idea...but they missed the mark entirely.

And Cedric is no longer an entertainer, as I was not in the least bit entertained while watching this film. Basically a guy named Jake (Cedric The Entertainer) wakes up in a hotel room with no clue about his identity.

As flashbacks of his past come flowing back, he has a memory of being a special ops secret agent. But those around him claim he is just a janitor. The convoluted, non-existent plot then turns into some story about a microchip and the FBI who are trying to track down Jake.

Like I said, it's just a pointless rehash of The Bourne Identity with barely any laughs. The only parts I laughed at was out of pity of the bad sexual gags they included here. It's obvious there was room for Cedric to do some improvisation while on set, but he adds absolutely nothing to this conventional, appalling mess of a movie.

Perhaps it's not my typce of humour, or perhaps it was just woefully screen-written. Judging by the other reviews I've seen, I'm guessing it's the latter. The only reason I decided to watch this movie was because one of the featured actors shares the same first name as me (Callum), but watching this brings shame to my name and others who have the same title.

To put it bluntly and simply; Code Name: The Cleaner is one of the worst things to happen to cinema during 2007. It's tragic that comedies have sunk this low. Every predictable cliché in the book surfaces here.