http://imdb.com/title/tt0368008/

My rating: 7/10

Directed by Jonathan Demme, this movie tells a conspiracy story, where one corporation – Manchurian Global - uses brain washing techniques, in order to fabricate a context, that will allow them to place one person they control, as the President of the USA!

The first half of the movie is more cerebral and less physical. As the events “heat up”, the plot becomes more and more explicit, and that made me feel less captivated, sometimes bordering the sensation of being watching yet another ordinary “action packed feature film”.

Despite its downward trend, The Manchurian Candidate is solidly above average.

The Manchurian Candidate (Widescreen Edition) (via amazon.com [for the Americas])

The Manchurian Candidate [2004] (via amazon.co.uk [for Europe]) 

The Manchurian Candidate [2004]