The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

2004 • 129 minutes

About this movie

Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award® winner Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it - a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself.

Ratings and reviews

Apparently, the original movie is considerably better and although older, easier to believe (uses hypnosis). Brain and skin implants that cause complex behavioral changes? Sure! At least no extraterrestrials had to be involved.

It's an awesome movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time and never let's up definitely worth watching and destined to be an instant just like the original version

Close, but NOT as good as original Black and White version, with Frank Sinatra. Close, but "Close" only counts, in hand grenades and horseshoes!