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.
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This film is so loose with the facts and I'd completely understand if the real story was boring or lacking in any kind of drama or "plot" but just watch the 2015 documentary instead. It's much more riveting and suspenseful than this garbage. Why was this even made to be a "silk road" movie? This feels more like a movie, loosely inspired by the story. Poorly written, even more poorly acted. Avoid and watch Deep Web (2015) instead.
5cd7
Silk Road is a story that can not be made up. If there was a smart person who got their hands on this project, this could have been another "Social Network" kind of movie - this was not that - Even from my little knowledge of the true events, half of the time I was like: "This is made up - this did not happen like this" - and if it was fun or better than what actually happened. I would have been fine.
This movie just left more questions unanswered than it actually answered. People who never heard of this story now have to go listen to the podcast to actually find out what happened. I feel like that is not a great thing.
My girlfriend liked it tho and will not care that they skipped a bunch of stuff, so 5/10 - average to great movie!
This movie just left more questions unanswered than it actually answered. People who never heard of this story now have to go listen to the podcast to actually find out what happened. I feel like that is not a great thing.
My girlfriend liked it tho and will not care that they skipped a bunch of stuff, so 5/10 - average to great movie!
I wish they had stuck to the original story. The corrupted FBI agent was one narrative and the scammer was another. They just mixed everything up in an over-dramatized & cliched way. I have consumed so much of Ross's story to know this could have been done better.
This makes The Social Network look like a documentary. I could forgive the use of creative license if the story wasn't so poorly mashed together.
Maybe I'm biased because Nick Bilton's book was so good but short of some decent acting there's little here to make it an enjoyable watch, let alone a half true retelling of the actual events.
Maybe I'm biased because Nick Bilton's book was so good but short of some decent acting there's little here to make it an enjoyable watch, let alone a half true retelling of the actual events.
The main reason to watch this is you'll learn all the important things about Silk Road and the founder. The movie itself was kind of silly, it took every cliche imaginable and incorporated that into the script. I wish this movie was made with a higher caliber director who could have done the story more justice. Watch it for the info not the entertainment.
Did you know
- TriviaNick Robinson and Alexandra Shipp previously starred together in Love, Simon (2018).
- GoofsBoth 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 creditsThe film has no opening credits. The title does not appear until the end credits.
- ConnectionsReferences Princess Bride (1987)
- SoundtracksI'm Sorry I Hurt You
Written & Performed by Nat Phillips
Courtesy of Essential Media Group
By arrangement with Swim Good
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $38,449
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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