The Manchurian Candidate Review

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2004

The Manchurian Candidate(1969) is a political thriller where the son of a parliament US political family is slyly brainwashed into being an assassin for the Communist party.

The Manchurian Candidate(2004) is also a thriller that focuses on the kidnapping and brainwashing of soldiers during the Gulf War. 

Both have the genres; psychological thriller and political thriller down to a tee.  With their tension and suspense building scenes.