The Manchurian Candidate
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The Manchurian Candidate

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A timeless piece of film

    The Manchurian Candidate is a classic 1962 directed by John Frankenheimer. The premise of the story revolves around the son of a prominent political family who is brainwashed to be an assassin for the Communist party. Sergeant Raymond Shaw, who is played by Laurence Harvey, is the man who is brainwashed. Raymond has conflicts internally and externally because of the brainwashing done by the Communist party. The movie is as exciting, or even more so than any other thriller movie that is out on the market today. It is dated, because it is set in a time where Communism was a threat, but it does not take away from the movie’s greatness. I suppose they thought that it would be a good idea to remake the movie in 2004. The movie failed in the box office, because you can’t replicate something this great.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A classic

    This is one of the best movies I have ever watched, and a stunning masterpiece from beginning to end. A must see for anyone interested in politics, sci-fi, or just looking for a little mystery.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Brilliant

    I would give this movie ten stars if I could...It is a brilliant, gripping film which embodies all the paranoia, hysteria and distrust of science that were rampant during the cold war, while at the same time telling us the heartbreaking story of a young man destroyed by the enemy. A decidedly anti-communist movie, this is one I will never get tired of. The handsome, and unfortuantely, late, Laurence Harvey is astonishing in this movie as the tortured, seemingly cold and crusty but truly fragile Sergeant Raymond Shaw. His Captain, Bennet Marco, is played the late, wonderful Frank Sinatra in one of his best (an ironically non-musical) movies, and Angela Lansbury is nothing short of seriously creepy and amazingly believable as the crazed communist, and Raymond's mother, Mrs. Iseland. A must-own for lovers of conspiracy movies, lovesrs of drama, lovers of war movies, and those who can appreciate fine directing, acting and screenwriting. A wonderful, mind-blowing movie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Do you really know your mother?

    I am was never a big fan of Frank Sinatra's array of musical and acting talents. Until the day i came across this film on the idiot box and was in awe of the storyline and character structure of the late John Frankenheimer masterpiece. So i will not spoil the plot and climax. I will say in brief an army patrol unit led by Cpt. Ben Marko (Sinatra) in 1952 Korea is ambushed by those dirty commmunistas (as they say down here). The members are brainwahsed and one is selected to be a programmed as a hired assassin for a US operative but the question is which one?. What makes this worth the buy is that unlike must modern day thrillers this one has an actual script.

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