Code Name: The Cleaner

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Code Name: The Cleaner

PG-13

2007

1h 31m

Comedy

Action

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When Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) awakes one morning in a strange hotel room, he finds himself in a bit of a predicament; there's a corpse in his bed and a briefcase full of cash. Not only that, but he cannot remember who he is or how he got there. He meets Gina (Lucy Liu), a waitress, who tells him he is a janitor at a video-game company and that she is a girlfriend. But Jake believes he is an undercover agent for the CIA, and he tries to figure out the truth.

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Critics Consensus

Code Name: The Cleaner is a limp action/comedy flick that alternates between lame, worn-out jokes and cheesy martial arts.

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David Gritten

Independent (UK)

Dec 7, 2007

The one laugh is in the production notes, where director Les Mayfield claims this is a comic take on the Jason Bourne movies. As if.

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Phelim O'Neill

Guardian

Dec 7, 2007

1/5

If you like comedies but hate going to the trouble of actually laughing, then this might just be the movie you've been waiting for.

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Catherine Chambers

BBC.com

Dec 7, 2007

1/5

The sooner Code Name... gets flushed out of cinemas, the better.

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Nikhat Kazmi

The Times of India

Feb 28, 2020

Makes you wish you had partial amnesia too.

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Mar 18, 2011

4/10

Code Name: The Cleaner isn't the worse comedy ever made; it probably won't even be the worst of 2007. For the most part it's simply boring, with fleeting patches of ineptness.

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Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

Apr 23, 2009

The Entertainer conjures up some charm, and DeRay Davis provides pyrotechnics as a janitor/wanna-be rapper, but like the teddy-clad bubble-bath square-off between Liu and Sheridan, it's just not enough.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Aug 31, 2025

Funny in 1 hour and 31 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $8,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in 2007 in color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cork B

@RT87142816 Jul 18, 2025

Its pretty bad in all the dumb ways you would expect. The writing and scenes are SO over the top dumb they sometimes become cringy (Dutch clogging scene, eg). The finale wanted to be 'Die Hard with a janitor' but ended up being 'Home Alone with a janitor'. I don't know WHAT Lucy Liu was thinking here - she must have owed someone BIG. Anyway, on the up side, the movie doesn't take itself seriously (which I miss in movies these days), has a few chuckles, and Cedric is generally a likeable clod (I think he has done a few of these types of roles)

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jul 17, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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alan g

@agenser Jul 5, 2025

A very bad remake of Total Recall. Who said Cedric the Notentertainer can act?

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L T

@RT87989812 Feb 18, 2025

Silly fun! Love the cast.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Oct 15, 2023

Frivolously insipid, unfunny and aimlessly improbable as it utterly makes things up as it continues, downplaying its own hook for any sort of engagement as well squandering the cast despite actual few funny moments disconnected from the baseless parodic product. (C)

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Synopsis

When Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) awakes one morning in a strange hotel room, he finds himself in a bit of a predicament; there's a corpse in his bed and a briefcase full of cash. Not only that, but he cannot remember who he is or how he got there. He meets Gina (Lucy Liu), a waitress, who tells him he is a janitor at a video-game company and that she is a girlfriend. But Jake believes he is an undercover agent for the CIA, and he tries to figure out the truth.

Director: Les Mayfield
Producer: Brett Ratner, Eric Rhone, Jay Stern, Cedric the Entertainer
Screenwriter: Robert Adetuyi, George Gallo
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Rat Entertainment, FilmEngine, A Bird and a Bear Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Crude Humor|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 5, 2007, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.1M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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