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The Manchurian Candidate

1962, Movie, 2h 6min

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

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Reviews

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Don't bother with Jonathan Demme's toothless 2004 remake; the rereleased classic cold war thriller from 1962 by John Frankenheimer packs a harder punch.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Roger Ebert

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...Demme has taken a story we thought we knew and, while making its outlines mostly recognizable, rotated it into another dimension of conspiracy.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Colin Kennedy

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Impressively accomplished and highly entertaining, with sufficiently smart new twists to keep you guessing all the way to the nerve-wracking climax.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Nathan Rabin

...timeliness, psychological complexity, sociopolitical acumen, and almost frightening conviction.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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Det er en frisk og fornuftigt opdatering af plottet, som gør filmen højaktuel i et valgår, hvor kandidaternes metoder konstant var til debat.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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The Manchurian Candidate is a classic political thriller film that follows the story of Sergeant Raymond Shaw, a U.S. Army soldier who is captured by communist forces during the Korean War and is brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent. Upon his return to the United States, Shaw is hailed as a hero and is awarded the Medal of Honor, but he is actually a cold and unsympathetic loner who is hated by his men. When Captain Bennett Marco, the platoon commander, begins to have nightmares about Shaw murdering two soldiers, he realizes that something is amiss and starts investigating. He discovers that Shaw has been programmed to kill on command and that his heroism is a false memory implanted during his brainwashing. The film explores themes of political manipulation, mind control, and the blurred lines between reality and fiction. With a star-studded cast, including Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, and Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate is a gripping and thought-provoking thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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