The Manchurian Candidate is an American thriller film based on the 1959 novel 'of the same name' by Richard Condon. In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers and kipnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes. It stars actors such as Denzel Washington (Bennett Marco), Liev Schreiber (Raymond Shaw), Jon Voight (Tom Jordan), Meryl Streep (Eleanor Prentiss Shaw).
In this film during the ambushing in the Gulf War, Sergeant Ranymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers as the commanding officer, then captain Ben Marco is knocked unconscious. Soon after this, Shaw is elected a vice presidential nominee, whilst this is taking place for Shaw Marco is soon haunted by dreams of what happened in Kuwait. As Marco starts to investigate as he wants to find out what happened, the story soon unravels. As it unravels, Marco questions himself and asks did it really happen? In the final scene, the film reaches it's climax as Raymond realises his soul is corrupt, and realises that the damage he could cause on America is too much and therefore sacrifices himself and his mother.
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