7.1 Score

2004 • 2h 9min • R • Mystery, Thriller, Drama

The Manchurian Candidate

"Everything is under control."

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.

IMDb 6.6

RT 80%

MC 76

Director

Jonathan Demme

Writers

Dean Georgaris

Daniel Pyne

Richard Condon

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Denzel Washington

Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Meryl Streep

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Liev Schreiber

Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Simon McBurney

Dr. Atticus Noyle

Kimberly Elise

Rosie

Bruno Ganz

Delp

Jon Voight

Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

Jeffrey Wright

CPL Al Melvin

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