The Manchurian Candidate

July 30, 2004

Jays Rating:
Actors: /
Director:

One of the most thought provoking films this year is a remake of a 1962 political thriller The Manchurian Candidate. During a reconnaissance mission in the gulf war in 1991 a group of soldiers lead by their Major played by Denzel Washington and a sergeant, his second in command played by Liev Schreiber are attacked and later find out are brainwashed. Thirteen years later the sergeant is a candidate for vice-president with the heavy support of his senator mother played by Meryl Streep. This is a dialogue driven, thought provoking movie with superb acting and a riveting plot. This movie is so interesting and moves so quick I lost track of the time. Maybe I should say I didn’t know the time because I couldn’t see my watch. This is one of the years best films and I’m giving it an A rating.

This movie has been given an R rating by the MPAA

This is just a summary of the movie followed by a comment or two. My full length reviews
are written for my newspaper column and can also be found on my website.