The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Everything is under control.

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Release Date

7/30/2004

Runtime

129 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue

$96,105,964

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A Cold War-era thriller reimagined for the post-9/11 moment, following a soldier's unraveling certainty about his own past as he discovers his war hero friend may be something far more sinister. Deeply paranoid and morally claustrophobic, it's a film where the nightmare leaks into waking life.

Mood

ParanoidDread-soakedTenseBleak

Themes

MemoryPowerCorruptionIdentity

Look

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Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harmSexual content

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