The Manchurian Candidate

Synopsis

This remake of the iconic 1960s thriller relocates the action from the original Cold War setting to the Gulf War. When his army unit was ambushed in Desert Storm, with him left unconscious, the lives of Army Major Ben Marco and his soldiers were saved by Sergeant Raymond Shaw. Years later, Marco is haunted by dreams about what really happened in Kuwait, and becomes increasingly suspicious as Shaw rises through the political ranks on his way to vice-presidential nominee. As Marco investigates, a group of extremely powerful people at the mysterious Manchurian Global Corporation stop at nothing in their attempt to prevent him discovering the truth.