Thriller/Mystery — 129 min — Directed by Jonathan Demme
Cast: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Meryl Streep
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened - or didn't happen - in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if it happened at all. Is it possible the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed to believe Shaw is a war hero as part of a plot to seize the White House? Some very powerful people at Manchurian Global corporation appear desperate to stop him from finding out.
Denzel always do nice movies, and this was no exception. The little man wins over the big bad corporation. Now who doesn't love that? It almost never happens in real life, but this is the movies... Meryl was perfect as the mom that would walk over any corpse to get what she wanted, and Denel was just as good as he always is. But Liev Schrieber owned this film. He was just right for the role and did a first-class job. Sure there were few real surprises, and some things was a bit farfetched, but it was still good entertainment. Not many slow or dull moments, just a movie to sit back and enjoy.
My rating: 7 / 10
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