The Manchurian Candidate Poster

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

R 07/30/2004 Drama, Thriller, Mystery 2h 9m
65%
User
Score
6.6/10
79%
76/100

Everything is under control.

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.

Dean Georgaris

Screenplay

Jonathan Demme

Director

Daniel Pyne

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Simon McBurney

Simon McBurney

Dr. Atticus Noyle

Kimberly Elise

Kimberly Elise

Rosie

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Delp

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

CPL Al Melvin

Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie

PFC Robert Baker III

Full Cast & Crew →

Media

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - Trailer

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - Trailer

Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop Backdrop
Poster
Loading Wikipedia summary...

Similar Movies

The Negotiator
71%
The Negotiator Jul 29, 1998
End Game
54%
End Game Jul 27, 2006
Eraser
61%
Eraser Jun 21, 1996
The Arrival
60%
The Arrival May 31, 1996
Marathon Man
72%
Marathon Man Oct 08, 1976
Queen Margot
72%
Queen Margot May 13, 1994
U.S. Marshals
65%
U.S. Marshals Mar 06, 1998
Spare Parts
62%
Spare Parts May 21, 1979
Sabrina
62%
Sabrina Dec 15, 1995
Live Wire
53%
Live Wire Sep 03, 1992
Cypher
66%
Cypher Oct 01, 2002
Towelhead
62%
Towelhead Sep 12, 2008
Smilla's Sense of Snow
63%
Smilla's Sense of Snow Feb 28, 1997
The Man in the Iron Mask
66%
The Man in the Iron Mask Mar 12, 1998
The Last Boy Scout
68%
The Last Boy Scout Dec 13, 1991
Above the Law
61%
Above the Law Apr 08, 1988
The Net 2.0
51%
The Net 2.0 Feb 15, 2006
Chain Reaction
58%
Chain Reaction Aug 02, 1996
Edge of Darkness
64%
Edge of Darkness Jan 28, 2010
The Big Empty
61%
The Big Empty May 16, 2003

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 5, 2022

This remake was always going to struggle to match the excellent 1962 version, and although it is not nearly as compelling, it is still an half decent attempt. Liev Schreiber is acclaimed Gulf War veteran and now Congressman "Raymond Shaw" who is very much in the running for Vice-President of the USA - egged on by his even more ambitious Senator mother (Meryl Streep). Meantime, his wartime captain "Marco" (Denzel Washington) is recovering from an injury sustained during an ambush - only he is struggling to reconcile his memories of that event with those being put forward by "Shaw" and, almost verbatim, by his fellow soldiers. Upon more detailed investigation, "Marco" stumbles upon the most unique of conspiracies that calls him to question not just his own sanity, but the nature of events bo...

Read the full review on TMDb →
×