Silk Road

2021, Drama/Crime, 1h 56m

63 Reviews 100+ Ratings

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Silk Road draws intriguing parallels between its oppositional main characters, but doesn't do quite enough to develop the story surrounding them. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

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.

Cast & Crew

Jason Clarke
Rick Bowden
Nick Robinson
Ross Ulbricht
Katie Aselton
Sandy Bowden
Jimmi Simpson
Chris Tarbell
Daniel David Stewart
Max
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Rayford
Lexi Rabe
Edie Bowden
Will Ropp
Shields
Paul Walter Hauser
Curtis Clark Green
Alexandra Shipp
Julia
Jennifer Yun
Kim Yum
Paul Blott
Liquor Store Clerk
Kenneth Miller
H.T. Palmer
Tiller Russell
Director
Tiller Russell
Screenwriter
Dawn Bierschwal
Executive Producer
Christopher Figg
Executive Producer
Elika Portnoy
Executive Producer
Robert Whitehouse
Executive Producer
B. Thomas Golisano
Executive Producer
Marc Halpern
Executive Producer
Stephen Gans
Producer
Jack Selby
Producer
Duncan Montgomery
Producer
David Hyman
Producer
Alex Orlovsky
Producer
Peter Flinckenberg
Cinematography
Greg O'Bryant
Film Editing
Mondo Boys
Original Music
Richard Sherman
Production Design
Susan Magestro
Set Decoration
Cassidy Zachary
Costume Design
Mark Bennett
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Audience Reviews for Silk Road

  • Aug 02, 2021
    This had potential but goodness did the fictionalization blow it.
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