Rotten
Do anything: rob a petrol station, superglue your eyelids together, chew on broken glass, just avoid at all costs.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Code Name: The Cleaner
In a dirty world, he's our only hope.
2007 · 1h 24m · PG-13
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Les Mayfield
Overview
Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself entangled in a government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers become convinced that he is an undercover agent.
Director and cast
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4%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's some pretty good improvised shtick from DeRay Davis as a wacky janitor. But these are small pleasures in a movie that never really generates any serious laughs.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Ponderous wisecracks and cloak-and-dagger high jinks pass for comic intrigue in this hapless mix of yuks and kicks.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
Rotten
Get Lucy Liu better roles!
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
How do films this stale and generic continue to get made, let alone with topflight talent? Cedric has been stealing scenes from bigger names for nearly a decade; he deserves better than a few amusingly-improvised minutes at the end of his own movie.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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