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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)  link to The Manchurian Candidate on IMDb

Number: 157

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IMDB Rating: star star star star star star star star star star 6.6/10

Country: USA, 129 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Jonathan Demme

Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Dorian Missick, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Teddy Dunn, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Bill Irwin, Joaquin Perez-Campbell, Tim Artz

Medium: Unknown

Plot Outline: 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.

Location: Left Rack, Close to TV

Loaned: No

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