The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Everything is under control.
Starring Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep
Directed by Jonathan Demme
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.
Runtime: 129 min.
Rating: 6.4
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,Mystery,Thriller
Keywords: senator,gulf war,canoe,kuwait,conspiracy,war hero,u.s. congress,implant
Cast
Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Jocelyne Jordan
FBI Ag. Eugenie Rose
Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Delp
Dr. Atticus Noyle
CPL Al Melvin
Shaw's Bodyguard-Agent
Mark Whiting
David Donovan
Congresswoman Beckett
Colonel Howard
Colonel Garret
General Sloan
Governor Robert 'Bob' Arthur
PFC Eddie Ingram
PFC Robert Baker III
Laurent Tokar
Senator Wells
Vaughn Utly
Congressman Healy
Villalobos
Late Night Comedian
Reporter #3
Shaw's Aide
Victory Party Celebrity Soldier
Army Transcriber
Rosie's Sidekick
Mr. Secretary
Jimmy
Mysterious Arabic Woman
General Wilson
Scoutmaster
Gillespie