The Manchurian Candidate 2004

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NETFLIX Rating : 3.5

IMDB Rating : 6.6

FD Smart Rating : 6.8

Synopsis : Two U.S. soldiers in the first Gulf War are programmed to rebel once they return home. Several years later, one becomes a vice presidential candidate.

Actors:

Dorian Missick , Denzel Washington , Meryl Streep

Creators:

Richard Condon

Languages:

English , French , Spanish , Turkish , Polish

Subtitles:

English , Greek , French , Arabic , Spanish , Traditional Chinese , Turkish , Simplified Chinese , Romanian , Portuguese , Polish , Vietnamese

Genres:

Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Date:

2004

Run Time:

2h9m

Maturity Rating:

occasional violence and sexual content

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.