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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release2004

Runtime2h 9m

StatusReleased

Budget$80,000,000

Revenue$96,105,964

Production

Clinica Estetico

Paramount Pictures

Scott Rudin Productions

Tina Sinatra Productions

Movie

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

2h 9m

6.5

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Synopsis

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.

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