Matthew Tuck

Cleaner (2025) drops you into this gritty, neon-lit underworld where nothing’s really as it seems. Matthew Tuck stars as a guy who’s been running from his past, but, you know, the past has a nasty way of catching up. He’s a “cleaner”—not the janitor kind, but, like, the dude you call when things get ugly and you need messes (the criminal kind) to disappear. There’s this sense that he’s always one step away from spinning out, but he’s got this weird code he lives by, which keeps him semi-sane. So, one night, he gets tangled up in a job that goes sideways—big surprise, right? Suddenly, he’s not just cleaning up someone else’s mistakes, he’s smack in the middle of a setup. There’s corruption, double-crosses, and a whole lot of people who’d rather see him dead than talking. The city feels alive, almost like another character, all rain-slicked streets and flickering motel signs. Tuck’s character is rough around the edges, haunted by stuff you only get glimpses of, but when push comes to shove, he’s got a mean survival instinct. The tension’s dialed up to eleven. Every call he takes, every alleyway he ducks into—you’re just waiting for something to explode. It’s not all doom and gloom, though; there’s this dark humor woven in, like, yeah, he knows how ridiculous things have gotten. By the end, you’re left wondering if anyone can really outrun the things they’ve done… but damn if he doesn’t try.