Brainwashing, McCarthyism, assassination, mommy drama, a love story…jeez, there are so many threads going on in The Manchurian Candidate you would think it would get lost in its own ambitious storytelling. That said, skip the decent 2004 remake with Denzel Washington and stick with this one, as it definitely holds up even today. But it’s also a masterful picture that deserves to be seen by anybody who loves cinema in general. So, as an historical milestone, it’s definitely up there with films that you need to see if you’re into such things. The original Manchurian Candidate, in hindsight, is actually a semi-prescient movie, what with the assassination of John F.
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