

The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie · 2h 10m · R
ThrillerDramaMystery
"Everything is under control."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
76/100
Key crew
- Dean GeorgarisScreenplay
- Jonathan DemmeDirector
- Daniel PyneScreenplay
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Denzel WashingtonMajor Bennett Ezekiel Marco
- Meryl StreepSenator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
- Liev SchreiberCongressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
- Simon McBurneyDr. Atticus Noyle
- Kimberly EliseRosie
- Bruno GanzDelp
- Jon VoightSenator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
- Jeffrey WrightCPL Al Melvin
- Anthony MackiePFC Robert Baker III
- Ted LevineColonel Howard
- Miguel FerrerColonel Garret
- Dean StockwellMark Whiting
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Themes
gulf warpost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)ambushpresidential electionsenatorkuwaitremakeelectionwar heroimplantcongressmanpresidential campaign























