The Manchurian Candidate

About The Manchurian Candidate

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.

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) is a mystery thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme. At 130 minutes long, it arrived in July 2004.

Its themes are post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ambush, election, and presidential election.

Denzel Washington appears as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco, Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA), Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY), and Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle. The screenplay is by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris. Produced by Clinica Estetico. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Con Air, Wag the Dog, and State of the Union make useful companions to The Manchurian Candidate, all filed under army veteran and war hero. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 1,833 votes and it carries a R rating.