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 121905 121.9K

gulf war senator canoe kuwait conspiracy war hero

Director

Jonathan Demme Photo
Jonathan Demme

Top cast

Jose Pablo Cantillo Photo
Jose Pablo Cantillo as Villalobos
Denzel Washington Photo
Denzel Washington as Ben Marco
Obba Babatundé Photo
Obba Babatundé as Senator Wells
Vera Farmiga Photo
Vera Farmiga as Jocelyne Jordan
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1.07 GB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 16
2.07 GB
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Movie Reviews

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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Reviewed by GuRUCLANdotcom 6 / 10

Creepy and in a way most didn't realize or comment on

Spoiler

Raymond's mother was pretty much more than likely a pedophile. She was obviously in love with her son in a sexually attracted way which is obvious in their first scene together. Then it's confirmed when he recalls how she ran off a woman he was interested in and how she got emotional at the thought of him with another woman. And then the bathtub scene??? If she was bathing him like that as a grown man, imagine what she was doing as a child.

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