Review of The Manchurian Candidate

I am referring to John Frankenheimer. If he saw what they done to his child, he'd die of heartbreak. I've always liked Jonathan Demme's work and while much of this Manchurian Candidate sparkles visually, it is a flaccid and tired rehash of the first. The only thing going for it is, like the original, there is not a particular bias for Dems or Reps. Some may see one - but without spoiling I'll have to say that if you do see it, it's a big stretch. Meryl Streep, as always, is inevitably excellent. But Angela Lansbury was better and sicker. And the bad guys? I'm glad you asked. No more movies about evil corporations. You can't make it work. The genre is so dead...