Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco’s doubts deepen, Shaw’s political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return. Commissioned by Jose V. (4/30/24).

Release date: July 30, 2004 (USA)
Director: Jonathan Demme
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Adapted from: The Manchurian Candidate
Box office: $96.1 million
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto