Parents' Guide to Cleaner

Parents need to know that Cleaner is a British action thriller starring Daisy Ridley as Joey Locke, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner who finds herself at the center of a hostage situation involving a group of eco-terrorists. Hostages are gassed, hit, have bombs strapped to them, and are killed. One has their finger broken and is choked to death with a champagne bottle. Several of the terrorists also meet violent ends. They are shot, burned, fall from great heights, and are struck with objects including tools and an axe. Joey shows courage and physical strength as she takes on the terrorists, but she also has a caring side, particularly toward her autistic brother, Michael (Matthew Tuck), who is also in the building. While it's refreshing to see neurodiverse characters represented on-screen, Michael plays into certain tropes, such as being a whizz at computer hacking or lashing out when stressed. A character is seen snorting cocaine in one scene. There is strong language throughout, including variants of "f--k," "pr--k," and "d--k," though Michael repeatedly calls his sister out when she swears or is about to. The film is something of a British homage to Die Hard, with the occasional Easter egg nodding to the 1988 action classic.

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