The Clean Up Crew

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The Clean Up Crew
The Clean Up Crew poster.jpg
Release poster
Directed by Jon Keeyes
Written byMatthew Rogers
Produced by
  • Stephen Braun
  • Kurt Ebner
  • Michael J. Rothstein
  • Richard Bolger
  • Conor Barry
  • Richard Clabaugh
  • Jordan Beckerman
  • Jordan Yale Levine
Starring
CinematographyAustin F. Schmidt
Edited byRylan Rafferty
Music by
Production
company
Yale Productions
Distributed by Saban Films
Release date
  • August 20, 2024 (2024-08-20)
Running time
95 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Clean Up Crew is a 2024 American crime action comedy film written by Matthew Rogers and directed by Jon Keeyes. It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Swen Temmel, Ekaterina Baker, Melissa Leo, and Antonio Banderas.

Contents

The Clean Up Crew was released on video on demand by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on August 20, 2024. [2]

Plot

After a crime scene cleanup crew discovers a briefcase full of money, they inadvertently enter into a war with a corrupt ruthless crime lord, hitmen, gangsters, and corrupt government agents, all of whom are intent on getting the money back.

Cast

Production

In August 2022, it was announced that filming wrapped in Ireland and that Meyers, Leo and Banderas were cast in the film. [3] In December 2022, it was announced that Baker, Kinlan and Kellegher were also cast in the film. [4]

Release

In January 2023, it was reported that Saban Films acquired global distribution rights in all territories but Spain and Italy. [5] It was released by on VOD on August 20, 2024. [6]

Reception

Noah Berlatsky of Chicago Reader gave the film a positive review and wrote: "Keeyes's genius is taking Ritchie's hip camera cuts, profane hip dialogue, and hip split screen shenanigans and treating them all as if they aren't hip at all, but are instead camp goofs." [7]

Hope Madden wrote in her negative review: "The Clean Up Crew is a comedy that’s not funny, a thriller with no thrills, and a flat action flick sutured together into a dizzyingly incoherent paycheck for a few actors who deserve better." [8] Brian Orndorf concurred with Madden's criticism in his review for Blu-ray.com: "“The Clean Up Crew” is derivative and unpleasant, clearly struggling to generate a wild ride of colliding personalities and underworld events." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Clean Up Crew (15)". British Board of Film Classification . August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Clean Up Crew (2024)". The Numbers . Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  3. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 8, 2022). "Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Melissa Leo & Antonio Banderas Join Yale Entertainment's 'Clean Up Crew'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ Yossman, K.J. (December 9, 2022). "Antonio Banderas Thriller 'Clean Up Crew' Adds Ekaterina Baker, Laurence Kinlan, Andy Kellegher (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Donnelly, Matt (January 18, 2023). "Saban Films Takes Worldwide Rights to Starry Crime Thriller Clean Up Crew (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ DeVore, Britta (July 29, 2024). "Jonathan Rhys Meyers Gets on Antonio Banderas' Bad Side in The Clean Up Crew Trailer [Exclusive]". Collider . Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Review: The Clean Up Crew". August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  8. ↑ "New In Theaters - A Sloppy Mess (August 22, 2024) - The Clean Up Crew". August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  9. ↑ "The Clean Up Crew Review - Review by Brian Orndorf, August 21, 2024" . Retrieved August 24, 2024.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
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