The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

R2004Mystery • Drama • Science fiction
Synopsis
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), 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.
Cast
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, Bruno Ganz, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Jude Ciccolella, Simon McBurney, Vera Farmiga, Obba Babatundé, Zeljko Ivanek, Paul Lazar, John Bedford Lloyd, Anthony Mackie, Tom Stechschulte, Robyn Hitchcock, Charles Napier, David Keeley, Pablo Schreiber, Dan Olmstead
Rating
RAdult Situations, Adult Language, Violence
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Science fiction, Remake, Thriller

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