The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie · R · 130 min
★ 6.5(1,778)unSUB Rating
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.
Based on The Manchurian Candidate
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Details
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-07-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 130 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.5/10 (1,778 votes)
Themes
- gulf war
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- ambush
- presidential election
- senator
- kuwait
- remake
- election
- war hero
- implant
- congressman
- presidential campaign
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Denzel Washington
as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Meryl Streep
as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Liev Schreiber
as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Simon McBurney
as Dr. Atticus Noyle
Kimberly Elise
as Rosie
Bruno Ganz
as Delp
Jon Voight
as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Jeffrey Wright
as CPL Al Melvin
Anthony Mackie
as PFC Robert Baker III
Ted Levine
as Colonel Howard
Directed by Jonathan Demme