Silk Road
Seen it?2021 | 116 min | Crime, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and middling reviews (52% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Layer Cake, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 56 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
52% on Rotten Tomatoes, 41 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$139K worldwide on a $6 million budget; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 32K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Tiller Russell
- 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