The Manchurian Candidate

2004

129 min

6.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$80,000,000

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director

Jonathan Demme

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Denzel Washington

Meryl Streep

Liev Schreiber

Simon McBurney

Kimberly Elise

Bruno Ganz

Jon Voight

Jeffrey Wright

Anthony Mackie

Ted Levine

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The Manchurian Candidate

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.

  • Denzel Washington

  • Meryl Streep

  • Liev Schreiber

  • Simon McBurney

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