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Directed by Jonathan Demme |
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| Denzel Washington |
Kimberly Elise |
| Meryl Streep |
Jeffrey Wright |
| Liev Schreiber |
Jon Voight |
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| Military
officer tries to prove that he and a Vice Presidential
candidate were brainwashed during the Gulf War. |
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| One-word
View: Passable |
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front, I have to admit that the 1962 version was much
better. Ben Marco (Denzel) who has been struggling with
nightmares for over 10 years tries to sort through his
memories of being brainwashed along with an entire camp
of soldiers including Vice President nominee Raymond Shaw
(Liev). While Ben is trying to uncover the conspiracy,
which - - Surprise! Surprise! - - is being dictated by
Corporate America, the FBI is trailing him. But, the real
star here is Meryl, playing Raymond's mother, Eleanor.
Wow! She was phenomenal and stole the show from Denzel
and the rest.
Some of the visuals are a little bit disturbing, but
they help lend to the disturbing memories that Ben,
Raymond and others have endured for quite a while. The
movie is a little slow and Denzel is not enough to raise
it to the level of the original, but it's good for a
Saturday afternoon matinee
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