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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
psychological, clever, political, tense, suspenseful, intense, stylized, serious, twist ending, satanic ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, suspense, brainwashing, mind control, sniper, senator, politics, assassination, surveillance, political corruption, assassin, paranoia, espionage, mother son relationship, obsession, corruption, spy, twists and turns, secrets, police investigation, state affairs, african american, memory ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1991
Place:
usa, new york, washington d.c.
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