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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Starring: Frank Sinatra Directed by: John Frankenheimer Rated PG-13 Genre: Political Thriller Synopsis: A Korean War veteran has been brainwashed suspects that another war hero is something more, a trained assassin. My Thoughts: This movie was pretty generic. It was kind of fun to watch, just because it was made in the 60's and it was interesting to see the communist scare that was occurring then. Scorecard Acting- Sinatra plays Major Marco who was a POW during the Korean War, not a good job by Sinatra. He did a decent enough job, but the person that really carried this movie is Lawrence Harvey who played Sgt. Shaw, the acting all together looked sloppy at times, and grand at others, so I guess they cancel each other out. (1/2) Direction- Frankenheimer has put out some good movies in his time, hell, even my time he has. This one wasn't his best directing job. The actors didn't have chemistry, the story flipped and flopped and made it a little hard to follow. (0) Story- I really like this story. A sergeant saves and entire regimen of his fellow soldiers from a POW camp. They were all being brain-washed and the sergeant really isn't who he seems to be. (1) Expectations- I was really hoping this movie would be awesome. I was disappointed. This movie should have been so much better. (0) Boring?- To an extent this movie has boring moments. But it is a political movie, so it has to build a story, but there were some times that the movie just flat out dragged. (1/2) Final Score: 2 out of 5 Final Thoughts: This movie was good for its time. Sadly, its time has passed. The remake (made in 2004) was so much better.
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