Synopsis
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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Cast
- Jason ClarkeRick Bowden
- Nick RobinsonRoss Ulbricht
- Daniel David StewartMax
- Alexandra ShippJulia
- Paul Walter HauserCurtis Clark Green
- Jimmi SimpsonChris Tarbell
- Lexi RabeEdie
- Katie AseltonSandy
- Will RoppShields
- Jennifer YunKim Yum
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
A relatively breezy and slick slice of entertainment, with a fast-pace style befitting the material and expertly calibrated performances from the ensemble cast. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
There'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. - 50
RogerEbert.com
Writer/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. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Silk 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. - 50
Screen Rant
Silk Road has the makings of a gripping thriller, but it surprisingly lacks the tension required for it to work. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Still, 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. - 42
The Film Stage
At 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. - 40
Variety
A fervently topical, at times intriguing, but ultimately rather sketchy drama about the online black market.
