Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate was written in 1959 by Richard Condon. it is a political thriller novel about a son of a prominent US political family who is brainwashed into being an unwritten assassin for the communist party.

This film is a Psychological thriller and a political thriller.

The 1962 version was filmed in black and white.
Director: John Frankenheimar
Staring:Frank Sinatra, Laurence harvey, Janet Leigh

This film is based in the US just after the Korean war. The men who were in the same unit in the korean war were brainwashed using a set of playing cards.

The 2004 version was filmed in colour and was based in the US after the Kuwait war. The men are brainwashed by using implants instead of a pack of cards.

Director: Jonathon Demme
Stars: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise.