‘Silk Road’ Review: A Digital Drug Kingpin’s Undoing Tiller Russell’s new fact-based thriller about Ross W. Ulbricht could have been a nail-biter, but ended up a … Who's the real bad guy here? That seems to be Russell's primary question. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. MOVIE REVIEW: Silk Road. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Filmmakers grab two crude tools for dramatic license all the time. A curl up on the couch type movie. When the movie explores the domestic lives of Ulbricht and Bowden, it diffuses the tension, instead of adding substantial layers to the characters. “Silk Road” would like to be a renegade version of “The Social Network,” but that movie devoted a lot of its running time to showing us exactly how Facebook came into being. Silk Road's 27-year-old founder, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson), is depicted as a philosophical political thinker who strongly believes that making drugs illegal is an un-American obstruction of freedom.But most parents/caregivers are more likely to … Parents need to know that Silk Road is a drama about the creation -- and takedown -- of the titular anonymous online drug marketplace. Don’t get me wrong. Silk Road is a production of Mutressa Movies, Perfect Season Productions, and High Frequency Entertainment. He also appears to have taken a side, especially considering the tone of and 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. Review: A site on the dark web spins out of control in ‘Silk Road’ David Lewis February 18, 2021 Updated: February 19, 2021, 11:30 am In “Silk Road,” Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) is the target of an undercover operation when he creates a site on the dark web that sells illicit drugs and weapons. Silk Road is no different. There are some scenes that could have been cut down in order save a little time. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets SILK ROAD-- 2 STARS . Review: ‘Silk Road’ spills the unsavory journey of a dark-web drug lord Nick Robinson and Alexandra Shipp in the movie “Silk Road.” (Catherine Kanavy / Lionsgate) Still, “Silk Road” remains watchable, because both Robinson and Clarke are interesting screen presences. The length is by far my biggest complaint about the movie. It will be released February 19th theatrically and premium video on demand by Lionsgate. This movie is not perfect by any means. However it is a good weekend movie. Set in the early 2010s, “Silk Road” introduces two main storylines that travel parallel paths for much of the movie before finally intersecting in head-on collision style. 'Silk Road' is 'The Social Network' redrawn in weed and wispy start-up beards. And there’s some humor, which consistently lands better than the thrills. Several aspects read as off-key between the real story of Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road’s movie adaptation. View fullsize.