Manchurian Candidate (1962) (2004)
poster Manchurian Candidate (1962)
IMDb Rating:
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6.6/10 (81.8K votes)

Country:United States, 129 minutes

Spoken languages:English

Genres:Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director(s):Jonathan Demme

Number: 468

Storyline:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened -- or didn't happen -- in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.

Cast:
Jeffrey Wright (as Al Melvin), Pablo Schreiber (as Eddie Ingram), Anthony Mackie (as Robert Baker), Dorian Missick (as Owens), Jose Pablo Cantillo (as Villalobos)