I try to watch this movie whenever its on.

I re-watched it recently... classic movie...

Not to get too political, but I had Manchurian Candidate vibes during the last democratic primaries... haha...

@manfromatlantis said:

I LIKE how this film ends.

I haven't seen the flik in many years, but I remember liking its end a lot myself. It's quick and exact.

This film has always been one that I couldn't see the point in remaking, even with Denzel Washington in the cast. How do you surpass the swift momentum of that last big moment in the film? You can't.

I was expecting to be blown away by this film given its reputation and the directors outstanding Birdman of Alcatraz in hin the same year. It has a lot of quality and the end of the film is very memorable. Sadly it is also nonsensical.

Raymond is freed from the shackles of his mother and seeks his revenge. But instead of carrying out the act at point blank range in a domestic setting, he instead travels the country with a rifle, smuggles it past security into a convention, risks evading detection from security as the speech goes on and takes his chances with a shot from hundreds of yards away? It doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Still...

7/10

@Fergoose said:

I was expecting to be blown away by this film given its reputation and the directors outstanding Birdman of Alcatraz in hin the same year. It has a lot of quality and the end of the film is very memorable. Sadly it is also nonsensical.

Raymond is freed from the shackles of his mother and seeks his revenge. But instead of carrying out the act at point blank range in a domestic setting, he instead travels the country with a rifle, smuggles it past security into a convention, risks evading detection from security as the speech goes on and takes his chances with a shot from hundreds of yards away? It doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Still...

7/10

Well argued. I actually haven't seen this in over a decade, so I will trust your account.

I've just watched Hitchcok's The Man Who Knew To Much remake (1956) and the ending to the Manchurian Candidate is clearly heavily 'inspired' by the climax of that film (which is also a bit daft). I didn't particularly like the climax to the Manchurian Candidate but I at least thought it was novel and creative.