The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Directed by Jonathan Demme
US,2004,color,130 minutes
With Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber

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Extremely disappointing compared to the original 1962 version. The plot revolves so much around Denzel Washington that the poignancy of the Manchurian candidate in the original is completely destroyed. Rather than being a plot that twists and turns but is still on a road, this new movie is a bizarre noisy mess.