Most Wanted (2020)

Most Wanted: Directed by Daniel Roby. With Antoine Olivier Pilon, Josh Hartnett, Stephen McHattie, Jim Gaffigan. In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.

“Well worth a watch! A credible account that was well depicted.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI canu0026#39;t speak for 80u0026#39;s Canada but it got 80u0026#39;s Thailand spot on. DEA and British customs were very active in Thailand at that time. They pressured the Thai police which,in turn, vigorously targeted foreigners, escalating the severity of relatively minor drug offences, and if they didnu0026#39;t have the funds to buy their way out of trouble, in they went. To divert attention from the real ( protected) players, to satisfy visable Thai compliance, to deter chancers and newcomers but predominantly to bolster publicity for Reagan and Bushu0026#39;s, well funded and highly lucrative u0026quot;just say no! u0026quot; u0026quot;war on drugs.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere from 84 to 92. The film brought back a lot of memories, not least those shackles that Justin Jackson mentions in his review. Iu0026#39;d forgotten the peeling blue/green paint that was everywhere. The prison population seemed authentic apart from a lack locked up foreigners (among other nationalities lots of Nigerian mules were convicted around that time) the film depicts the situation and era very well.”