Leave the World Behind

Matt Roush says...

Mr. Robot’s writer-director Sam Esmail stages his latest version of a dystopian future at a luxurious Long Island rental home where an all-star cast gathers to welcome the apocalypse. Brooklynites Amanda (Julia Roberts) and Clay (Ethan Hawke) are the vacationers whose idyll is interrupted by the arrival of suave financier G.H. (Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la Herrold), who claim to own the property, where they intend to take shelter while cyberattacks roil the outside world. What ensues is a harrowing psychological drama with an end-of-the-world backdrop. But hey, we should all look so good while the doomsday clock ticks.

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