10 Simple Fixes That Would've Saved Terrible Recent Movies

10. Cleaner - Give It A Bigger Budget

The latest Die-Hard-esque action flick - in this case, it's Die Hard in Canary Wharf - to arrive could've been something. It was helmed by action legend Martin Campbell and headlined by Star Wars' Daisy Ridley, so that's already a promising combo, and this plot formula is usually good fun. Not this time. 

Cleaner is pretty bad, and it really feels like a film held back by its evidently low budget. Of course, plenty of filmmakers turn out amazing material with scant resources, but things didn't work out like that here. It's filled with jarringly bad CGI, the film's only famous name other than Ridley (Clive Owen) is barely in it despite his presence in the trailers, and most damaging of all, there's barely any actual action. 

No word of a lie, Ridley's character spends well over half of the movie stuck outside the skyscraper on a cleaning platform, and any actual combat is largely confined to the last 20 minutes. Additionally, the film is barely an hour-and-a-half and feels far too rushed as a result. 

In this particular case, Campbell and Co. needed a higher budget in order to really fulfil this project's considerable potential. The film does have some solid ideas, so it definitely could've worked with the right backing.