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Redundant and unnecessary.

People are voting emotionally.

Admirable film.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This film begins with a man named "Jake Rogers" (Cedric Antonio Kyles) waking up in a bed at a hotel and finding a dead body right next to him. To make matters even worse, because of a recent head injury he not only doesn't remember how he got into this situation, but he also doesn't remember who he is. However, as luck would have it there is a small attache case with approximately $250,000 in it and an attractive blonde named "Diane" (Nicollette Sheridan) waiting for him in the hotel lobby who claims to be his wife. And to top it off he is apparently quite rich as well. However, that doesn't seem to matter as much as it should because he soon realizes that there are people out to kill him over a computer chip that he doesn't know anything about. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film definitely had some good humor here and there. Likewise, having two attractive actresses like Lucy Liu (as the waitress named "Gina") and the aforementioned Nicollette Sheridan certainly didn't hurt matters either. Having said that, however, I must admit that some of the comedy was rather low-brow and the film could have used a bit more suspense or drama as well. Even so, I thought that this was an okay film for the time spent and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.

With perhaps any other contemporary actor in the lead role -- Jake Rodgers, aka, The Cleaner (Cedric the Entertainer) -- this film would have been a total bust. As some of the other folks commenting on here have already mentioned, the storyline is both contrived and in many ways superconventionally executed -- so much so that it risks becoming one long cliché. If you're looking for stimulating American cinema, or even a good action movie or espionage thriller, you should see something else.What saves CODE NAME: THE CLEANER for me, I think, is the utter preposterousness of casting Cedric the Entertainer as an amnesiac slowly convincing himself (and, supposedly, the viewer) that he is actually a secret agent working for the American government. I love Lucy Liu, but this is not her (best) film -- she plays more or less the same character she has played elsewhere (including the borderline racist trope that, since she is of Asian descent, she must be a masterful practitioner of at least one martial art) -- although her performance is true, and is enhanced comically by her playing opposite Cedric. None of the rest of the characters or actors -- including Nicollette Sheridan -- does much for the film, and the writing and direction are mediocre at best. But Cedric the Entertainer trying to convince us he's a superspy? That's worth the rental.

What happens when you put the director from a somewhat flop like "Blue streak" a producer that ACTUALLY directed the questioned, "X-men: the last stand" and a bunch of writers that probably didn't think it thru before putting it on script? You got yourself an academy award winner...LOL kidding. What you really do have is a flop of a movie by certain standards if done correctly could have been a very cool action/adventure/comedy with very good actors and can I remind you Nicolette Sheridan and Lucy liu equals hotness!Code name: The cleaner stars the very talented and very cool comedian Cedric the entertainer as a janitor wannabe secret agent Jake and co-staring "Desperate housewives" star Nicolette Sheridan (who looks hot in a matching set just for the record) and the every vibrant and attractive Charlie's angel Lucy Liu; the premise for the movie is OK but could of been better than just okay. Sometimes you feel that Cedric over did the part in some scenes but that doesn't mean he wasn't funny cause there were some funny and very sexy moments between his character and Nicolette's character and also some good and interesting moments between Cedric and Liu's (Gina) character as well but it wasn't as fleshed out as you would expected and like I said it was only done in some scenes. You can also noticed that the director and the camera man wanted this movie a bit rushed in some parts; the action scenes could of been a bit longer and the character development satire could of been a lot broader between the characters but just wasn't and you wanted to see more to it but just didn't get the goods when expected (Trust me...there were certain scenes where you REALLY wanted to see more from...LOL).But I really liked the connection between Cedric and Liu's characters they were both interesting and worked good together surprising to say their one liner were at times over the top but at other times right on the mark and it was funny and even a chuckle along the way. But when getting down the nitty gritty you had characters like Jake's Janitor friends they were funny to a certain degree but all of that is pretty much what you've already seen in other comedies over the years. but all in all you can tell at the end where the outtakes come up they had a good time making the movie and that's all that matters...the characters were comfortable together which could of made the movie REALLY good but due to lack of bad script writing and directing the movie took another direction into something that was shallow and sometimes not funny the writers had the characters try too hard in their actions and it can be a bit tiresome and repetitive if often seen. But if it was in a different approach this movie would have been a cool action adventure with a great, awesome cast with very cool action scenes and in a way they did deliver that but it was too fast and you wanted more from it. Director Les Mayfield is not really a good director for a movie like this but the comrade between the characters were very good and it worked but it was under a bad plot and writing and directing...too bad this would of been a good movie.4/10

Friday night my wife and I went to see Code Name: The Cleaner, staring Cedric Kyles (AKA Cedric the Entertainer) and Lucy Liu. It's about Jake, a man who wakes up in a hotel room, next to a dead body, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. As events unfold around him, he starts to recollect that he is a secret agent, and puts together that he was working undercover as a janitor on a deadly mission.This was another fun movie. It had a PG-13 rating but I would say that it was a fairly mild PG-13 (a few shootouts and Nicollette Sheridan in her undies), so I wouldn't worry too much about taking a 13 year old to see it. It's the first movie I've seen with Cedric in the lead role and only the second with him in it at all (Serving Sara was the first). I really liked him. He was absolutely hilarious without going over the top. Of course Lucy Liu is always a sight to behold.The rating it has received on IMDb was a dismal 3.0 but that was because a significant number (52%) of the votes were a 1. I suspect that the movie or one of it's actors really perturbed some group, so they retaliated with a vote drive. There is no way this movie rated a 1. I personally gave it a 7 and my wife tells me we will own this.Incidentally, stick around for the first half of the credits. The show some very good outtakes.