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You can watch The Manchurian Candidate (2004) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

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.

A veteran’s fractured memories clash with a rising political star's suspiciously perfect public image. This psychological puzzle forces you to question whether a hero is actually a sleeper agent under total control.

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