When Raymond Shaws (Liev Schreiber) unit in the first Gulf war was ambushed, he managed to save his fellow soldiers. Shaw later becomes a vice-presidential candidate, using his hero status as political capital, while his commanding officer, Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) is having nightmares about the incident in Kuwait. When he begins to investigate the validity of Shaws heroism, it seems that the top people at Manchurian Global corporation want to keep him quiet.
Excellent performances from Washington, Schreiber and Streep help to update this story, but some of the plot did get lost in this re-worked edition of the Manchurian Candidate. While the film is still suspenseful and intriguing, it does ultimately reach an anti-climax, making it into a decent film, instead of the masterpiece that it had the potential to become.
7/10
Excellent performances from Washington, Schreiber and Streep help to update this story, but some of the plot did get lost in this re-worked edition of the Manchurian Candidate. While the film is still suspenseful and intriguing, it does ultimately reach an anti-climax, making it into a decent film, instead of the masterpiece that it had the potential to become.
7/10