The Manchurian CandidateI haven't seen the Jonathan Demme remake of this movie and after watching the original I don't think I really want to. This movie is incredible.
A soldier is brainwashed by communists to do their dirty deeds, he can be controlled from a distance by using trigger words and images. Another soldier from the same infantry unit, played by the great Frank Sinatra, must figure out the mystery of the brain washing and save his friend from becoming a political assassin.
There's a scene near the beginning of the movie that is simply amazing, it takes place in a room where an entire infantry troop has been hypnotized. The movie cross cuts between reality and illusion as the viewer attempts to figure out what exactly is happening.
The film is amazingly constructed and acted. More thrilling and tense than any contemporary thriller, The Manchurian Candidate is a classic masterpiece that has aged incredibly well. I found myself still guessing until the very end what was going to happen. This is my second John Frankenheimer movie, after The Birdman of Alcatraz, and I'm beginning to like him very much.
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