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The Manchurian Candidate

Everything is under control.

2004 · 2 h 10 · United States · English

  • Mystery
  • Thriller

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.

Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Written by
Dean Georgaris, Daniel Pyne
Based on
Richard Condon

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