Called "Dark Amazon", illegal drugs, arms sales, even murder requests can be completely anonymous The movie "Silkroad.com-The Biggest Dark Site in History-" based on a true story about the dark site that has been set up will be released on January 21, 2022. New stills have been released along with comments from director Taylor Russell.
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Director Russell, who took the megaphone in this work, is known for working on many crime documentaries, including the documentary program "Night Stalker: Serial Killer Investigation Record", which was ranked number one in the United States in the Netflix ranking. be done. Looking back on the time when the real-life main character, Ross Ulbricht, who became the basis of this work, was arrested as follows.
The idea for this work began the day after Ross Ulbricht was arrested at the San Francisco Public Library. I can feel it in between, and I even remember the title of the newspaper.”
Also, about the character of Ross, he says as follows.
"This movie will be a characterization of Ross Ulbricht drawn by multiple conflicting stories. Different versions of Ross coming from different sources. There is only one story in the world." In this work, Ross is a boy scout, a dreamer, a lover, a visionary, an engineer, a “disruptive” libertarian, a fanatic, a guru, a charlatan, a freak, a boss, and a mastermind. At its core, Ross was a ubiquitous person and a mirror of who the people around him wanted to be."
The production process is also revealed as follows, suggesting that it was a story that could only be drawn by director Russell, who is also a former crime reporter.
"I approached it as if I were making a documentary. I dug up all the information I could find in the historical archives, all the press material, the court documents, all the rumors that I could follow from direct sources. I read it all, researched it, mixed it up, gave it time, then threw it all away, and went back to the script with an open mind and a full blast.”
This work is a true story depicting the confrontation between the criminal who created the "illegal drug version of Amazon.com" and an analogue investigator who is about to retire. based movie.
"I want to change the world" Ross, who was blessed with a genius brain, sought a free world and launched a dark site "Silk Road" where you can anonymously buy and sell illegal things that you can never buy on the surface. Then, in the blink of an eye, he sparked a frenzy and was immediately marked by the police, but Ross had created a solid system that would never reveal his identity.
Among the investigators chasing Ross, there was a rogue. His name is Rick Bowden. He was relegated from the Narcotics Investigation Division to the Cyber Crimes Division for his problematic behavior, but he can't even use a computer and is about to retire. Rick was a hindrance with the analogue fully open, but succeeded in contacting Ross with his own investigation.
What is Rick's astonishing investigation method? And what fate awaits Ross and Rick?
"Silkroad.com" will be released on January 21, 2022.