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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperA relatively breezy and slick slice of entertainment, with a fast-pace style befitting the material and expertly calibrated performances from the ensemble cast. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattThere's only so much real-world intrigue a crime committed almost entirely via ones and zeroes can entail, and the script's halfhearted attempts to make it all Mean Something feel more than a little callow in the end. |
| Screen RantMae AbdulbakiSilk Road has the makings of a gripping thriller, but it surprisingly lacks the tension required for it to work. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisStill, Silk Road remains watchable because both Robinson and Clarke are interesting screen presences. And there’s some humor, which consistently lands better than the thrills. |
| RogerEbert.comMark DujsikWriter/director Tiller Russell doesn't directly ask us to take a side in Silk Road, a dramatization of the creation and downfall of the eponymous darknet website. But the implications of which side the filmmaker wants us to lean toward are strong—and feel a bit disingenuous. |
| Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiSilk Road is not without its pleasures – Clarke especially is fun to watch as he gets increasingly cornered with his shakedown shenanigans – just don’t expect the kush; this is strictly schwag. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakAt the end of the day this is a hollowly reductive account of what happened with a weird subtextual rich punk against blue collar cop agenda falling woefully flat. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanA fervently topical, at times intriguing, but ultimately rather sketchy drama about the online black market. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyIn many respects, Silk Road is an excellent examination of why you should probably never date, or maybe even socialize with, a libertarian. It comes up short in almost every other way, though. |
| User ReviewLukebobmapleWell done, was drawn in by the characters and felt the execution was satisfying. |
