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Silk Road

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  • 1h 52m
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Jason Clarke and Nick Robinson in Silk Road (2021)
Inspired by larger-than-life actual events, this riveting crime thriller follows the rise and fall of Silk Road, the infamous darknet site that sent a seismic shock through the World Wide Web. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down.
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Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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    • Tiller Russell
    • Tiller Russell(written for the screen by)
    • David Kushner(based on the article "Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht's Big Fall" by)
  • Stars
    • Nick Robinson
    • Jennifer Yun
    • Jimmi Simpson
    • Tiller Russell
    • Tiller Russell(written for the screen by)
    • David Kushner(based on the article "Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht's Big Fall" by)
  • Stars
    • Nick Robinson
    • Jennifer Yun
    • Jimmi Simpson
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    • 85User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
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    Jason Clarke and Jennifer Yun in Silk Road (2021)
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    Nick Robinson
    Nick Robinson
    • Ross Ulbricht
    Jennifer Yun
    Jennifer Yun
    • Kim Yum (FBI)
    Jimmi Simpson
    Jimmi Simpson
    • Chris Tarbell
    Jason Clarke
    Jason Clarke
    • Rick Bowden
    Paul Blott
    • Liquor Store Clerk
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    • Rayford
    Daniel David Stewart
    Daniel David Stewart
    • Max
    Kenneth Miller
    Kenneth Miller
    • H.T. Palmer
    Alexandra Shipp
    Alexandra Shipp
    • Julia
    Katie Aselton
    Katie Aselton
    • Sandy
    Lexi Rabe
    Lexi Rabe
    • Edie
    David DeLao
    David DeLao
    • Johnny Morales
    Beth Bailey
    Beth Bailey
    • Lynn
    Mark Sivertsen
    Mark Sivertsen
    • Kirk
    • (as Mark Silversten)
    Will Ropp
    Will Ropp
    • Shields
    Jason Coviello
    Jason Coviello
    • Martinez
    Walter Anaruk
    Walter Anaruk
    • Adrian Chen
    Meg Smith
    Meg Smith
    • UT Girl #1
      • Tiller Russell
      • Tiller Russell(written for the screen by)
      • David Kushner(based on the article "Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht's Big Fall" by)
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    • Trivia
      Nick Robinson and Alexandra Shipp previously starred together in Love, Simon (2018).
    • Goofs
      Both the front and rear license plates of Bowden's Crown Vic have month and year stickers on them. In Maryland only the rear plates have these stickers.
    • Quotes

      Ross Ulbricht: I knew the state might try to impede it. But if we never try for fear of retribution, then we've already lost, you know?

    • Crazy credits
      The film has no opening credits. The title does not appear until the end credits.
    • Connections
      References The Princess Bride (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm Sorry I Hurt You
      Written & Performed by Nat Phillips

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    User reviews85

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    3/10
    How such an interesting and fascinating story could be made so boring?
    What the director and screenwriters did not understood is that Silk Road was at the time a big revolution: drugs that were always bought with physical cash transactions, with all risks for being caught on the spot by the police, finally moved to the hidden web, guaranteeing anonymous purchases from all around the world and having them delivered directly at home. The market became so important, that the website started to sell also other kind of products, and this in a little over two years, which is impressive. Nothing of this is portrayed in the movie, which focuses too much on things that does not matter at all. Why giving so much attention to Ulbricht and his girlfriend? Why giving so much space to Bowden? Everything is rushed to a point where certain part of the story are completely skipped: how the founder passed to sell just drugs, to also weapons and fake documents? We don't get to know.

    Ulbricht is portrayed just like a clueless guy, that does not have any idea on how to handle his activity, which maybe was partially true, but let me tell you that a guy that he is able to build from the ground up a marketplace so big and important, is not for sure dumb. In fact he finished university and he obtained even a master. Why you did not show the craft of the website? How he came up with the name Silk Road? How he grew his business, which strategies he used? None of this apparently matter on the eyes of creators. We see instead a DEA agent that was transferred to the cybercrimes department, because he completely suck at his job and need just to work a few months to get the pension. We see him hanging around with his informant, that does most of the job that he is supposed to do. Absolutely ridiculous. Moreover is the classic cop that he is not able to understand that time changes and the job is different now, so he is basically the typical boomer, not able to accept having a younger boss, more experienced than him in IT, and he claims that the old way is always the best one. So cliché.

    If you really want to make a movie about Silk Road, you should first of all really inform yourself, reading books and watching documentaries about the topic, making tons of research; understanding how this single website changed society, which were the consequences when was shut down and what inspired afterwards. The movie is incomplete, and made by people that clearly did not know anything about it. If you really want to know the true story, please go to watch "Deep Web", as it really explain what happened.
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    • Release date
      • February 19, 2021 (United States)
      • United States
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      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • High Frequency Entertainment
      • Mutressa Movies
      • Perfect Season Productions
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