spot, and pulls out a tiny metallic object, but accidentally drops it down the bathroom sink drain after Rosie, having listened to Marco's subtle sounds of distress, forces her way inside. Marco confronts Raymond at campaign headquarters, wrestles him down, and bites into his back to remove the same implant he suspects is there. The implant is analyzed and is a nanotechnological experiment connected with Manchurian Global, a powerful private equity firm with major political connections, including Eleanor. Researching the firm, Marco recognizes the South African man from his nightmares as geneticist-turned-mercenary Dr. Atticus Noyle. He brings his findings to Senator Jordan, who confronts the Shaws and suggests that Raymond withdraw from the campaign. Instead, Eleanor "activates" Raymond and orders him to kill Jordan. Jocelyn is also killed when she tries to stop Raymond. Marco suspects he has been followed, and when Marco confronts Rosie, she reveals she works for the FBI, which has been monitoring the conspiracy for years. Having found an implant in Melvin, who—like all of Raymond and Marco's squad-mates—died mysteriously, the FBI arranges a meeting between Marco and Raymond to convince them they were brainwashed under an assassination plot, which takes place just as Governor Arthur and Raymond win the White House. Raymond receives a phone call intended for Marco from Eleanor. Using trigger words, she commands Marco to assassinate the President-elect so that Raymond becomes President and admits that she voluntarily gave him to the brainwashers for the country's benefit; Raymond resists the mind-control techniques, empowered by Jocelyn's death. At the climactic moment, Raymond deliberately places himself between the entranced Marco and the President-elect. As Rosie rushes through the crowd to find Marco, Raymond looks at the vent where Marco is hiding and nods as a signal to kill the President-elect. Raymond dances with his mother and steers them into the marked position, where Marco kills them both with a single rifle shot. Marco prepares to kill himself, but after seeing Raymond's nod, Rosie arrives and prevents his suicide by wounding him. The FBI frames a deceased Manchurian Global contractor as the shooter. Manchurian executives watch their entire conspiracy revealed on television, but do not attempt to flee. Rosie takes Marco to the remote island compound where he was conditioned. After reflecting on his time there, Marco drops a photo of his Army unit and Raymond's Medal of Honor into the sea. Cast Denzel Washington