A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with.

一个富有的年轻人被指控犯下一个假绑架，以成为一个英雄，并赢得一个女孩的爱，他疯狂地爱上了。

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The bad memories of the hero (Denzel Washington), who suspects that the war hero is a fake, are accompanied by the conventional horror-film frights of painted faces, spooky doctors, and smoky, distorted cinematography.

NEWYORKER: The Manchurian Candidate