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Manchurian Candidate, The

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Thriller | 129 minutes
3,24 1.373 votes
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Genre: Thriller / Mystery

Duration: 129 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Jonathan Demme

Stars: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and Liev Schreiber

IMDb score: 6,6 (123.729)

Releasedate: 30 July 2004

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The Manchurian Candidate plot

"Everything is under control."

After Sgt. Raymond Shaw, son of the powerful Senator Eleanor Shaw, returns as a hero from the Gulf War, the other members of his platoon can hardly remember what he did for his award. Major Bennett Marco decides Sgt. to investigate Shaw's activities. What secrets are kept by the government and military?

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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

Ted Levine Ted Levine

Colonel Howard

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Roger Thornhill

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3 May 2019 at 17:22

This is a fine remake in many ways, full of different camera angles and moving close-ups to add to the alienation of Ben Marco and the paranoid intrigue of the plot, and with excellent performances by Denzel Washington and especially Liev Schreiber (although the Mother as played by Meryl Streep is annoyingly bossy rather than intimidating and scary like Angela Lansbury). My main objection is the running time, because while it's not much longer than the original, the film feels like too many scenes are stacked on top of each other, so it can't hold my attention all the time. The sheer amount of familiar faces in small roles somehow exacerbates this, as if the film is too full to be effective. This modern version lacks the oppression and claustrophobia of the original.

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