After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Acting
Malek's micro-expressions do more than most action stars' entire performance.
Direction
Hawes makes every European location feel morally compromised.
Editing
Tight cuts that mirror Heller's fractured mental state.
Director
James Hawes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Malek learned basic cryptography and lock-picking for the role, then forgot both immediately after wrap.
Based on Robert Littell's 1981 novel, previously adapted in 1985 — this version updates the tech but keeps the Cold War paranoia intact.
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As a systemadmin it's nice to finally be recognised as the action heroes we clearly are.
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Mr Robot trained by Morpheus and Punisher? I’m in.
@quanthinh3487 46705
It was both funny & realistic how he tried to do the dramatic walk away as the bomb went off, but the explosion made him flinch hard. Rami always kills it
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