We suspect that most of you aren't old enough to have seen the
original 1962 political thriller. And even if you did, you wouldn't
admit it, because that would make you at least 135-years-old in
gay years.

John Frankenheimer's classic film about American soldiers captured
during a war and brainwashed to hijack the US government upon returning
home has been remade by director Jonathan Demme (The Silence
Of The Lambs).

The plot remains essentially the same, but with some updates.
Here, the handsome and ever-reliable Denzel Washington plays one
of the soldiers who fought in the Persian Gulf War of 1991. He is
the only one who suspects that something wrong, when he gets recurring
nightmares of torture.

Meanwhile, another brainwashed ex-soldier (Liev Schreiber) has
gone into politics and is quickly climbing the power ladder, egged
on by his ambitious mother, played Meryl Streep — yes, Meryl,
whom many of you fags out there adore. This movie is watchable,
but it isn't great. However, if you are into political science and
history, you might want to catch this.