Most Wanted
2020 · Movie · R · 135 min · ★ 6.2 · 66% critics
A recovering addict is pulled into a drug deal for complicated reasons, and when it collapses he’s sent to a harsh Bangkok prison with an extreme sentence. As he fights to endure incarceration, a determined journalist digs into the case and targets the questionable undercover tactics that led to the conviction.
Also known as Gut Instinct
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Details
- Original title
- Target Number One
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-07-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (134 votes)
About
If you enjoy tense, fact-based crime stories about wrongful accusations, prison survival, and a reporter chasing corruption, this should land well; Not for you if you want light, feel-good viewing or minimal injustice themes, like Kill the Messenger or White Boy Rick.
Pros: strong lead performances; gripping prison stakes; engaging true-crime feel | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak setting; familiar crime beats
Themes
- prison
- journalist
- drug trafficking
- thailand
- based on true story
- investigative journalist
Cast & crew
Antoine Olivier Pilon
as Daniel Léger
Josh Hartnett
as Victor Malarek
Stephen McHattie
as Frank Cooper
Jim Gaffigan
as Picker
J.C. MacKenzie
as Arthur
Don McKellar
as Norm
Rose-Marie Perreault
as Mary
Frank Schorpion
as Raiven
Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi
as Michael
Amanda Crew
as Anna Malarek
Directed by Daniel Roby