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Target Number One

Target Number One

Thriller · Crime · 2020

Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.

Movie details

Target Number One

“Uncover the corruption. Discover the truth.”

2020 Thriller · Crime 2h 15m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he tries to survive his Bangkok incarceration, the news of his conviction captures the attention of Globe and Mail journalist Victor Malarek, who decides to go after the shady undercover cops responsible for wrongly accusing Daniel.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Target Number One?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Daniel Roby

Written by

Daniel Roby

Antoine Olivier Pilon

Antoine Olivier Pilon

Daniel Léger

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett

Victor Malarek

Stephen McHattie

Stephen McHattie

Frank Cooper

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

Picker

J.C. MacKenzie

J.C. MacKenzie

Arthur

Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Norm

Rose-Marie Perreault

Rose-Marie Perreault

Mary

Court is in session

Put Target Number One on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Restraint trusts the audience.”

It leaves emotional space unlabelled, trusting viewers to notice what the characters cannot say aloud.

The prosecution The Sentimental Softie

“Distance mistaken for discipline.”

The chill may look elegant, but withholding a heartbeat is not the same as having complicated feelings.