That movie obviously never got made, but the concept has apparently been floating around in the ether, because nearly 25 years later we've got "Cleaner," a "Die Hard" knockoff starring Daisy Ridley as a window washer fighting terrorists on a different skyscraper.

James Bond alumni Martin Campbell’s modest popcorn caper has murky themes and wastes Clive Owen, but knows how to steer a clockwork action movie.

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