The Manchurian Candidate

2004

Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 79% · 208 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 122354 122.4K

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Director

Jonathan Demme Photo
Jonathan Demme

Top cast

Denzel Washington Photo
Denzel Washington as Ben Marco
Vera Farmiga Photo
Vera Farmiga as Jocelyne Jordan
Anthony Mackie Photo
Anthony Mackie as Robert Baker
Meryl Streep Photo
Meryl Streep as Eleanor Shaw
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1.07 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 18
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by waterman1976 8 / 10

Denzel is great as always in this paranoid thriller

I didn't know this was a remake of an earlier movie so no comparison here, but for me this is a good movie. Denzel Washington scores high on my list of all time greats and he doesn't dissapoint in this movie. His paranoia, focus and overall likeability keeps the viewer entertained from beginning till the end. The movie itself has a great premise and although it feels farfetch'd with the use of technology it carries an energy of paranoia, suspense and believability throughout. If they've kept it purely with the whole hypnosis thing it would have been more believable I guess. But the script is great, it has some good eery moments and the whole cast with Washington,Streep and Schreiber as the main leads is fantastic. I love this era of moviemaking, where actors were more true actors somehow. The camerawork with its full closeups is also great. I enjoyed this flick and in my opinion it desesrves more then the 6.6 here in iMBD.
Reviewed by gavin6942 7 / 10

A Big Remake

In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.As with any remake, it is more or less impossible to live up to the original. Even here, with plenty of major stars, a bigger budget and an Oscar-winning director, it would be wrong to say this is better than the original. Maybe as good, though that is doubtful. Certainly not better.Updating the plot from Korea to Iraq makes sense and is a wise move. I am not as thrilled about the science fiction aspects. My memory (though it may be faulty) recalls the original being mostly brainwashing and triggers. It does not recall any actual removal of brains and wildly futuristic surgery. This, to me, takes away from the film, and especially because it is revealed so early on (within ten minutes).
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