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30/07/2004 Thriller, Drama, Mystery 2h 10m
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Everything is under control.

Overview

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, 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.

  1. Jonathan Demme

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Denzel Washington

    Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

  2. Meryl Streep

    Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

  3. Liev Schreiber

    Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

  4. Simon McBurney

    Dr. Atticus Noyle

  5. Kimberly Elise

    Rosie

  6. Bruno Ganz

    Delp

  7. Jon Voight

    Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

  8. Jeffrey Wright

    CPL Al Melvin

  9. Anthony Mackie

    PFC Robert Baker III

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-05
This remake was always going to struggle to match the excellent 1962 version, and although it is not nearly as compelling, it is still an half decent attempt. Liev Schreiber is acclaimed Gulf War veteran and now Congressman "Raymond Shaw" who is very much in the running for Vice-President of the USA - egged on by his even more ambitious Senator mother (Meryl Streep). Meantime, his wartime captain "Marco" (Denzel Washington) is recovering from an injury sustained during an ambush - only he is struggling to reconcile his memories of that event with those being put forward by "Shaw" and, almost v...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$80,000,000.00

Revenue
$96,105,964.00

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