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Rory Mellon

This new action thriller on HBO Max just shot to No. 1 — and it gives massive 'Die Hard' energy

(L-R) Daisy Ridley as Joanna "Joey" Locke and Matthew Tuck as Michael Locke in "Cleaner" now streaming on HBO Max.

'80s action classic ‘Die Hard’ has been mimicked and imitated for almost four decades, but few movies have so shamelessly aped John McClane’s explosive escapade in Nakatomi Plaza as “Cleaner.”

In a nutshell, this 2025 action-thriller is basically ‘Die Hard’ in London, and it swaps out Bruce Willis for Daisy Ridley, most known for her role as Rey in the “Star Wars” saga.

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