For this year, I’m going with the reminder of the fractured phrase: Hooray for Hollyweird! Most of us love movies and I enjoy recommending what you should watch on any given day. So, Hooray for Hollyweird … and for today’s recommendation, let’s look at “Code Name: The Cleaner” with Cedric the Entertainer.
Here’s another one that’s really, really a bad movie, but you need to check out “Code Name: The Cleaner” because of a few bright spots … and two of them are Cedric and, in a small role, Niecy Nash as “Jacuzzi.” Both bring energy and verve to their characters and that’s always a positive in cinema, since you’ll have to put up with Lucy Liu and Nicolette Sheridan along with them.
The stereotypes start early with “Code Name: The Cleaner” as Cedric wakes up in a hotel bedroom next to a dead FBI agent. A bunch of silly, stupid plot twists let you find out that his amnesia is going to cause a bunch of people fits; that basically he’s a janitor (or his he?); that Liu is a waitress (or is she?); and that Cedric is at the top of everyone’s list.
OK, all that written, “Code Name: The Cleaner” has a somewhat creative premise that is not done well at all; most of the acting is wooden and uninspired; and the best thing you can say about production is that at least the exteriors was filmed in Seattle and not in Southern California.
What Cedric does best is show that he was having fun with the role and making the movie. Also, Nash is a comedic bright spot and should have had her character’s role expanded exponentially.
So, just flip through your streaming guides, find “Code Name: The Cleaner” and you’ll definitely say … “Hooray for Hollyweird!”
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