Director: Jon Keeyes
A briefcase of dirty money turns a routine job into a nightmare for three crime-scene cleaners in this 2024 Irish-American thriller.
What is The Clean Up Crew about?
The premise starts small: a crew hired to scrub blood and evidence from a murder scene stumbles onto cash that was never supposed to surface again. Word travels fast in the underworld, and soon a corrupt crime boss, a rotating cast of hitmen, and government agents with their own dirty hands are converging on the same three people. Director Jon Keeyes keeps the plot moving through safehouses, back alleys, and tense standoffs, using the mismatched trio's panic as the engine of the story rather than slick heist choreography. Antonio Banderas anchors the criminal side of the ledger while Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Melissa Leo carry the everyday-people-in-over-their-heads half of the film. The tone leans hard into pulpy crime-thriller conventions, favoring momentum over subtlety, and the 95-minute runtime keeps the chase from overstaying its welcome.
Cast & crew
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Melissa Leo play the cleanup crew members who never asked to be targets, while Antonio Banderas takes the antagonist role as the crime boss chasing his missing money. Swen Temmel, Laurence Kinlan, and Andy Kellegher round out a supporting bench of enforcers and fixers who populate the film's shadier corners.
Context & significance
The Clean Up Crew is an Irish-American co-production shot with the genre's usual toolkit: gritty urban settings, a ticking-clock structure, and a body count that climbs as the money changes hands. It arrives alongside a wave of mid-budget crime thrillers built around a single inciting object rather than a sprawling conspiracy, which keeps its scope tight and its cast small enough for every actor to register.
Where & how to watch
The Clean Up Crew streams on K-Time with Farsi subtitles and a Persian dub, and the full Persian-language interface makes it easy for Farsi-speaking viewers to browse straight to it. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to watch; the film page itself is open to read without logging in.