The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

6.5IMDb Score
Released:2004-07-30
Duration:130 min
Director:Jonathan Demme
Actors:Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise
Production:Clinica Estetico, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Tina Sinatra Productions

Overview:

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

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