The Manchurian Candidate Analysis
Film review
The Manchurian Candidate
Synopsis
The Manchurian Candidate, directed by Jonathan Demme, is a political thriller made in 2004 as a remake of the film from 1962. Denzel Washington plays Captain Bennett Marco, Liev Schreiber acts as Sergeant Raymond Prentiss Shawa candidate for vice president and Meryl Streep as his mother Eleanor Shaw, a US senator.
In Kuwait during the Gulf War in 1991 an incident happened to the convoy of Captain Marco. Raymond Shaw supposedly rescued all but two members in his unit. This made Shaw a war hero and he gained the Medal of Honor, which made it possible for him to start a career in the politics.
Years later, Marco is plagued by nightmares at night. The doctors diagnose the Gulf War syndrome, but Marco does not believe there is a psychological cause because his dreams seem so real to him. He doubts his memories of the incident in Kuwait. He remembers it, but he does not feel to have done it. Al Melvin, his mate in the Gulf war, is also plagued by similar nightmares. Marco wants to find out what actually happened in 1991. …show more content…
He tells him that there is a company that produce implants that can manipulate you.
With his help, Marco finds out that his convoy was brainwashed. Eleanor Shaw, the mother of Shaw, has business connections with Manchurian Global, a company which has produced high tech technology and military equipment for the US Army. With the help of the company’s implants, Eleanor is able to have control over her son Raymond and
The Manchurian Candidate
Synopsis
The Manchurian Candidate, directed by Jonathan Demme, is a political thriller made in 2004 as a remake of the film from 1962. Denzel Washington plays Captain Bennett Marco, Liev Schreiber acts as Sergeant Raymond Prentiss Shawa candidate for vice president and Meryl Streep as his mother Eleanor Shaw, a US senator.
In Kuwait during the Gulf War in 1991 an incident happened to the convoy of Captain Marco. Raymond Shaw supposedly rescued all but two members in his unit. This made Shaw a war hero and he gained the Medal of Honor, which made it possible for him to start a career in the politics.
Years later, Marco is plagued by nightmares at night. The doctors diagnose the Gulf War syndrome, but Marco does not believe there is a psychological cause because his dreams seem so real to him. He doubts his memories of the incident in Kuwait. He remembers it, but he does not feel to have done it. Al Melvin, his mate in the Gulf war, is also plagued by similar nightmares. Marco wants to find out what actually happened in 1991. …show more content…
He tells him that there is a company that produce implants that can manipulate you.
With his help, Marco finds out that his convoy was brainwashed. Eleanor Shaw, the mother of Shaw, has business connections with Manchurian Global, a company which has produced high tech technology and military equipment for the US Army. With the help of the company’s implants, Eleanor is able to have control over her son Raymond and