“Mr. Robot” and “Homecoming” creator Sam Esmail is back with another paranoid thriller, but this time, he’s translating those instincts into a pulse-pounding feature film, “Leave the World Behind.” Based on Rumaan Alam’s 2020 National Book Award finalist of the same name, the Netflix adaptation unites an ensemble of A-list award winners and young up-and-comers, pitting them against each other in suspicion when a cyberattack leaves them stranded in a blackout with no answers.
Julia Roberts leads as Amanda Sanford, a city woman in need of a getaway, who books a rental home for her family to “leave the world behind” for the weekend.
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