In the original The Manchurian Candidate (1962), the plot was about POW being hypnotized to become unconscious, mind controlled slaves like Golem. The Manchurian Candidate (2004) remake plot was intentionally derailed by replacing hypnosis with a chip implanted in the brain.
The original plot was about a real danger of what is going on. The remake is Sci-Fi bullshit made only to conceal the original movie and not let people know what is really going on.
Original:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/Remake:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/
xmasskull 0 points 4 months ago
'62 original is by far the better of these two flicks.