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

Number: 38

cover Manchurian Candidate 2004

IMDb Rating:
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6.6/10 (91.9K votes)

Also known as: The Manchurian Candidate

Country: United States, 129 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director(s): Jonathan Demme

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 Al Melvin
Pablo Schreiber Eddie Ingram
Anthony Mackie Robert Baker
Dorian Missick Owens
Jose Pablo Cantillo Villalobos

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Book 1 Page 10

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1