A polished remake of a 60s classic, The Manchurian Candidate modernises the original without ever equalling it. Tapping into contemporary fears, the Commies are replaced by corporations as the mind-controlling boogeymen who plan to install their drone, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), as Vice President. A hero of the first Gulf War, he appears an ideal candidate, until fellow veteran Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) starts investigating the source of their shared nightmares...