Target Number One Movie Storyline. Inspired by the gripping true story, an investigative journalist (Josh Hartnett) unravels a twisted case of entrapment wherein a guy from the wrong side of the tracks, Daniel (Antoine-Olivier Pilon), is forced into a dangerous drug deal against his will and is sentenced to 100 years in a Thai prison. As Daniel endures torture and abuse, the journalist must track down the shady undercover cops benefiting off the conspiracy, while also fighting for Daniel’s freedom.
Target Number One (released as Most Wanted in the United States) is a 2020 Canadian crime film directed by Daniel Roby. Based on the true story of Alain Olivier, a Canadian drug addict from Quebec who spent eight years in prison in Thailand in the 1980s after having been set up as an unwitting pawn in an espionage plot by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the film stars Josh Hartnett as Canadian investigative journalist Victor Malarek, investigating the arrest of drug addict Daniel Léger (Antoine Olivier Pilon).
The film’s cast also includes Stephen McHattie, Don McKellar, J. C. MacKenzie, Amanda Crew, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Hartnett, Frank Schorpion, Harry Standjofski, Raphael Grosz-Harvey. The film was theatrically released in Canada on July 10, 2020, and on video on demand services in the United States on July 24, 2020.
Target Number One (2020)
Directed by: Daniel Roby
Starring: Antoine Olivier Pilon, Stephen McHattie, Don McKellar, J. C. MacKenzie, Amanda Crew, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Hartnett, Frank Schorpion, Harry Standjofski, Raphael Grosz-Harvey
Screenplay by: Daniel Roby
Production Design by: David Pelletier
Cinematography by: Ronald Plante
Film Editing by: Yvann Thibaudeau
Costume Design by: Véronique Marchessault
Art Direction by: Scott Moulton
Music by: Eloi Painchaud, Jorane, Jean-Phi Goncalves
MPAA Rating: R for drug content, language throughout and some violence.
Distributed by: Saban Films
Release Date: July 10, 2020 (Canada), July 24, 2020 (United States)
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