The Manchurian Candidate

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Denzel Washington Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Meryl Streep Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Liev Schreiber Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Simon McBurney Dr. Atticus Noyle

Kimberly Elise Rosie