Ok so where to start is the most difficult. I was aware of the Silk Road when it was happening 10 or so years ago. Earlier this year I came across a podcast which stirred my interest in the subject again. Since that I have listened to many podcasts and have recently just completed the book American Kingpin by Nick Bolton. This is a fantastic listen and if you have the slightest bit of Interest in the Silk Road then it is a must read or listen. Because of the amount of material I had consumed up to that point I made a point of holding off watching this film to see what they did with it. What a huge let down! In all the different sources of media while reading about this since January the story, overall is quite consistent and is very intriguing. This film has taken what could have been a very good movie and made a complete mess of the story. Nothing short of a mess and if you know nothing about Silk Road and come to this movie first then it's an injustice to the actual story which is fascinating. If you are reading this and want to know more about the subject and haven't watched the movie ….. Don't. In every source for the story there is one guy who goes by the title of VJ and his influence on DPR is significant with so may aspects of Silk Road but he is not even mentioned in the movie. I am assuming that this is a legal issue but without him it weakens an already poor telling of the story. All in all a vey poor movie on the subject if like me you know the full story. They could have done so much more with this but have failed in every aspect.

The movie does no Justice to the actual nonfiction of the real life story. The book is 1000x better than this film. I don't know if the director read the book. This movie is way off to what actually happened. Great story in the book translated to an awful awful movie. Pretty painful to watch.

Absolutely underrated gem of a true crime drama with excellent work showing both sides of the criminal and the cops investigation of it, awesome movie!

Silk Road – Gebieter des Darknets (Originaltitel: Silk Road) ist ein Thriller von Tiller Russell, der auch das Drehbuch schrieb… Der junge, ehrgeizige Unternehmer Ross Ulbricht gründet eine anonyme und unregulierte Darknet-Website, die sich schnell zum illegalen Marktplatz für Drogen entwickelt… Wenn ich den Film sehe, fällt mir „The Social Network" mit Jesse Eisenberg ein... In „Silk Road – Gebieter des Darknets" geht es um Ross Ulbricht und um seine Geschichte, die etwas langatmig ist. Gutes Drehbuch und Regie Tiller Russell. Die beiden Hautdarsteller Jason Clarke und Nick Robinson haben mit ihrer Katz und Maus Spiel eine gute Leistung abgegeben…

The abuse of prescription drugs is raging across the globe.... Mass murder by Big Pharma and law enforcement turning a blind eye... Film doesn't do any justice.... Maybe it will open some eyes to some that don't understand how serious this genocide is..

Gosh, what a crappy director. I noticed 5 errors of continuity already within the first 15 minutes. Everything is done so much on the cheap that an interesting and cool story is turned into something annoying right from the start. 4/10 points.

A decently-factual if somewhat flat dramatization that will likely seem rather lifeless to those who haven't read the article on which it's based. Read the Rolling Stone article (and the excellent longform "Untold Story" piece in Wired) first, then watch the movie as enjoyable visual accompaniment to this wild tale.

Not interesting. Timeline was everywhere. Showed no real creation towards the upbringing of the actual website. Gave detail where detail wasn't needed. Would not recommend, you'll find better videos on YouTube.

Love it, interesting story done well, very strong actors and a smart movie, filmed, Nick Robinson works hard and we'll to tell great story of the greedy .

An intriguing story of 27-year-old Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the silk road website, which allowed its users to (illegally) purchase drugs over the internet and have them shipped directly to a buyer (think Amazon for illegal drugs). Ross was brilliant in his creation: using a browser such as Tor and bitcoin for currency to protect the site and it's users through encryption. However, Ross finds out the hard way that anonymity can work for or against you. The film opens with Ross, an intelligent young libertarian with a desire to change the world. The only problem, he doesn't have the faintest idea on how to accomplish that. Very much against big government, he soon gets the idea for the people to make their own choices and exercise their own freedoms. This leads to the creation of his website as part of a F U to government but also empowering the people at the same time. He bounces the idea off of his girlfriend Julia (Alexandra Shipp) and best friend Max (Daniel David Stewart). They both try to talk him out of it but Ross is determined this is his calling. After about the first 20-30 minutes, Max drops out of the story until much later on and we're left with Ross and Julia and their relationship as the site grows but also consumes Ross' entire life soon afterwards. A former drug addict and DEA agent, Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke) is demoted to cyber crimes after a recent suspension. A complete relic of the past, Rick is an old-school cop. Moved off of the streets as punishment and relegated to a desk job, he's 9 month away from retirement and nothing is expected from him. His new boss is 26-years-old and their relationship is rather cantankerous: Rick feeling his boss is too young and inexperienced, doing everything behind a keyboard without getting his hands dirty; while his boss feels Rick is outdated and the world has passed him up as police work has changed. Attempting to prove his boss wrong and to himself he can still be a valuable asset to the team, Rick struggles but embraces the underdog role in trying to crack this case. A formulaic story, with parts and clues that suddenly appear to drop into law enforcements laps to quicken the pace of the film, with no real performance standing out save for Nick Robinson who plays Ross and Paul Walter Hauser, who plays Ross' only employee. Hauser's levity is always welcomed in any film he's in but appears he's being typecast in that role. Not the greatest introduction to the story but perhaps there's a documentary out there that's more worthy of your time.

After reading the book Kingpin I was excited to see this. I was hoping for a series that could delve into all of the characters involved. I doubted a 2 hour movie could do it justice but I expected more than this monstrosity. They turned law enforcement into cliché cartoon characters. It does a disservice to the real heroes of this story. I also hated the dumb freeze frames and wipe editing. There are good actors in this movie but the script has them saying the dumbest lines. Maybe someday someone will be able to tell the real story of Ross and The Silk Road. This isn't it. Don't waste your time.

This had potential but goodness did the fictionalization blow it.

Not bad but I would highly recommend the doc. Deep Web on same subject..

Sorry even though the actors tried I still found the movie boring if you like this type of story read the book i also found the accompanying music to the film poor

Probably because it was based on real life this is a relatively uninteresting movie about the biggest online drug drug market ever. I used free Amazon credits and that is about what it was worth to watch.

Dramatization usually means taking uninteresting elements and spicing them up. This felt more like taking the real story and making it worse. Highly cliché elements, from the utterly docile girlfriend to the bullied dealer (who delivers the film's only funny line) and cop drama. Just read the wiki article and move along

Excellent movie on how the State loves to crush the individual. #liberty

If you have read the book, please do not watch this movie. This movie made me post my first review. I have shared the book with over 30 friends. It is an intriguing and amazing story. This movie creates sub stories that add emotion that have no sense to the real story. Read the book. It is great.

In need of a better script and better editing.

Too conventional in regards to the passionate, on paper, true story it tries to tell in a non so compelling way. It's unfortunate because the cast is good but the movie lacks the vision of a great director. And it feels or too underdevelopped or like they cramed two movies in one. Could have had a good The Social Network type of movie about the creation of Silk Road and the change of life of its creator; and on the other side a good investigation film about an obsessive character that goes too deep and the repercussion on his family life but putting all this in under two hours makes you only feel what you are missing in each character's arc.