The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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I have watched and analysed, The Manchurian Candidate, a conspiracy/political thriller, set of the time of the cold war. It is a re make of the Frank Sinatra film, directed by Jonathan Demme and the cast include; Denzel Washington who plays Ben Marco, Meryl Streep & Liev Schreiber who plays Raymond Shaw.

Ben Marco is the main character, an innocent hero who is drawn into action against a powerful enemy. His enemy has managed to brainwash an entire hotel, which would take an entire organisation with large ambitions to accomplish as it involved the capture of soldiers, brain surgery, and the ability to implant probes into them. A comment was made about the probe, ‘this shouldn’t even exist’ which just demonstrates how serious these brainwashers are, having technology which shouldn’t even exist. A moment of suspense is when Ben Marco is in the shower at what time he discovers a lump on his back which leaves us to anticipate whether or not Marco will find the probe under his skin, will he know what it is and the purpose of it being there. Another moment of suspense is when Marco confronts vice president, Raymond Shaw of also having a probe planted in him, which leaves us to think about if the vice president does have a probe in him and whether or not Marco will manage to get it out of him. A further moment of suspense is when Ben Marco manages to collect sufficient information to convince senator, Tom Jordan, the highest level of the states integrity that Marco and vice president, Raymond Shaw have been brainwashed so that Shaw can be elected president to control a multinational business, which leaves us questioning ourselves whether or not the senator will be convinced of Marco’s story and if so, will he be able to get the truth out before Raymond Shaw officially becomes president, which is the purpose for the brainwashing taking place. This film comprises of a few cliff hangers along with a degree of mystery.