Shiny_Flakes: Le petit baron du darknet

This is a documentary but the scenes where they use his real room where everything happened, realistic props and original chat application, old Wordpress was a nice touch. Sometimes I felt like he was actually doing it at the moment. Which breaks the documentary boredom a bit.

I like the fact how Maximillian talks, how he bitters in speech when the topic is authority or things make him get arrested. Also Interviewers were solid. They were looking for the answers.

If this guy was paid in Bitcoin all the time and he managed to store them somewhere safely.. regarding the crazy increase of Bitcoin worth he must be crazy rich.. for those who don't know what that means google Bitcoin worth increase of that past years ;) One Bitcoin in 2014 when he was active was worth around $700.. today one Bitcoin is worth $40,000 (yes 40k) it's getting even higher.. so imagine. He could be a billionaire.. pretty sure.

It's crazy to think what this person did but also for so long without being found out. Very interesting documentary.

It looks like the production team interviewed the guy running the shop and then displayed the video material to the people who had to deal with him professionally wise (police, psychologist, prison warden etc.) for comment. This gives the documentation a very consistent look and feel.

Recreating his bedroom that he used to run the store from is good for illustration and beats the regular documentary by using the real perpetrator.

The "drug lord" gives the impression of a charming and eloquent young man. The documentary though does not question, whether this guy might be a narcisist, who loves to present himself and they are giving him a platform to do just this.

Very well done documentary with good interpreters/voice actors. I found Max really likeable and not arrogant as the cops seemed to want to characterize him. Yes drugs are illegal and dangerous, dont do drugs. But as one person said, drug companies have been doing the same thing in tall buildings for years. This kid had talent and motivation and saw what others didnt.

I found the police to be somewhat arrogant, save maybe one, because of their almost refusal to acknowledge how smart he was and how bad luck played into his getting caught.

Now if after release he starts up again, welll that's a different discussion.