Raymond dances with his mother and steers them into the marked position, where Marco kills them both with a single rifle shot. As Eugenie rushes through the crowd to find Marco, Raymond looks at the vent where Marco is hiding and nods as a signal to kill the President-elect. Using trigger words, she commands Marco to assassinate the President-elect so that Raymond can become President and admits that she voluntarily gave him to the brainwashers for the country's benefit, but Raymond resists the mind-control techniques, empowered by Jocelyn's death.Īt the climactic moment, Raymond deliberately places himself between the entranced Marco and the President-elect. Raymond receives a phone call intended for Marco from Eleanor, who is deeply linked with Manchurian. Having found an implant in Melvin, who-like all of Raymond and Marco's squadmates-died mysteriously, the FBI arranges a meeting between Marco and Raymond to convince them they were brainwashed under an assassination plot, which takes place just as Governor Arthur and Raymond win the White House. Jocelyn is also killed when she tries to stop Raymond.Įugenie reveals she works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which has been monitoring the conspiracy for years. Instead, Eleanor "activates" Raymond and orders him to kill Jordan. He brings his findings to Senator Jordan, who confronts the Shaws and suggests that Raymond withdraw from the campaign. Researching the firm, Marco recognizes the South African man from his nightmares is former Manchurian geneticist-turned-mercenary Dr. He has the implant analyzed and finds it is a nanotechnological experiment connected with Manchurian Global, a powerful private-equity firm with major political connections. Marco confronts Raymond at campaign headquarters, wrestles him down, and bites into his back, subsequently removing an implant. He uses a knife to dig at the spot, and pulls out a tiny metallic object, but accidentally drops it down the bathroom sink drain after Eugenie, having listened to Marco's subtle sounds of distress, forces her way inside. While showering at Eugenie's apartment, Marco feels a small lump on his upper back. He travels to New York City, where he meets an outgoing supermarket clerk named Eugenie, who offers him a place to stay. Marco starts investigating what really happened. Their captors included scientists led by a mysterious South African man. Soon, Marco also dreams of the raid, where Raymond and he are captured and brainwashed to kill members of their platoon. Though clearly mentally ill, he shows Marco his drawings of images from his dreams. Raymond is shy and withdrawn, but opens up to his mother and his childhood sweetheart Jocelyn, Senator Jordan's daughter.Īl Melvin, one of Marco's former soldiers, tells Marco of his confusing memories and dreams about their lost army unit. His ruthless mother, Virginia Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw, uses her influence to secure his nomination as a vice-presidential candidate over the favorite, Senator Tom Jordan. In a dystopian near-future (implied to be 2008), America has become defined by xenophobia, de facto martial law, environmental degradation, and increasing corporate control Shaw is a famous U.S. For his role in that mission, Sergeant First Class Raymond Shaw was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly defeating the enemy and rescuing all but two of his men. Major Bennett Marco commanded a famous U.S. In the 2004 film, with the Korean War replaced by the Gulf War, Manchurian is used, instead, as the name of a sinister multinational company. In the original, the protagonist was captured in the Korean War and brainwashed by the Chinese in the actual Manchuria. While the name of the novel and the earlier film was retained, the significance of "Manchurian" was changed. Senator and the manipulative, ruthless mother of Raymond Shaw. Senator Tom Jordan, a challenger for Vice President, and Meryl Streep as Eleanor Prentiss Shaw, also a U.S. Representative from New York, manipulated into becoming a vice-presidential candidate, Jon Voight as U.S. The film, based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel of the same name and a reworking of the previous 1962 film, stars Denzel Washington as Bennett Marco, a tenacious, virtuous soldier, Liev Schreiber as Raymond Shaw, a U.S. The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American neo-noir psychological political thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme.
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