I've actually been interested in watching a movie about the Silk Road for a while now. His crimes, how he was caught, and especially the over the top sentence he got at the end of it.
The story focuses on a young man named Ross Ulbricht, who decided to found a dark net website called The Silk Road, which operates on selling illegal drugs.
The problems are basically the story and pacing. This movie, while engaging in parts I guess, is mostly forgettable, and a poor way to present this story. People will probably blame Covid-19 for this movies failures but that feels like a cop out. If John Lee Hancock were directing The Founder during the pandemic, it would remain a lot more competent and entertaining than this movie turned out to be. Almost every scene in this movie I'll end up forgetting.
For this type of story to be made into a movie, you need someone like Martin Scorcese or Edgar Wight; someone with some style to their work. The director of this movie, Tiller Russell, has no style.
As for the acting, everyone does a good job. But I don't give props to the superficial parts of a movie like sets, costumes, CGI etc, I focus on the story and how it unfolds, and Silk Road is one movie I have no interest in ever watching again, and it's a shame because this true story deserves better than a director and screenwriter like Tiller Russell.
The story focuses on a young man named Ross Ulbricht, who decided to found a dark net website called The Silk Road, which operates on selling illegal drugs.
The problems are basically the story and pacing. This movie, while engaging in parts I guess, is mostly forgettable, and a poor way to present this story. People will probably blame Covid-19 for this movies failures but that feels like a cop out. If John Lee Hancock were directing The Founder during the pandemic, it would remain a lot more competent and entertaining than this movie turned out to be. Almost every scene in this movie I'll end up forgetting.
For this type of story to be made into a movie, you need someone like Martin Scorcese or Edgar Wight; someone with some style to their work. The director of this movie, Tiller Russell, has no style.
As for the acting, everyone does a good job. But I don't give props to the superficial parts of a movie like sets, costumes, CGI etc, I focus on the story and how it unfolds, and Silk Road is one movie I have no interest in ever watching again, and it's a shame because this true story deserves better than a director and screenwriter like Tiller Russell.
