Mr. Robot (2015)

Directed by

Sam Esmail

Genre

techno-thriller, psychological thriller, drama television series

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 45 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 5,430 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cybersecurity engineer with mental health issues is recruited by a mysterious anarchist to join a hacktivist group. The group plans to wipe out a giant corporation's debt records to bring down the financial system.

tenseparanoidbleakcerebralslow-burnunsettlingdarkly comicpsychologically intense

What happens

Mr. Robot is an American psychological techno-thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression, and dissociative identity disorder. Elliot is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr. Robot", played by Christian Slater, to join a group of hacktivists called "fsociety". The group aims to destroy all debt records by encrypting the financial data of E Corp, the largest conglomerate in the world. The pilot premiered online and via video on demand services on May 27, 2015. In addition to Malek and Slater, the series stars an ensemble cast featuring Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström, Michael Cristofer, Stephanie Corneliussen, Grace Gummer, BD Wong, Bobby Cannavale, Elliot Villar, and Ashlie Atkinson. The first season debuted on USA Network on June 24, 2015; the second season premiered on July 13, 2016; and the third season premiered on October 11, 2017. The fourth and final season premiered on October 6, 2019, and concluded on December 22, 2019. Mr. Robot received critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of Malek and Slater, its story and visual presentation and Mac Quayle's musical score. The series has gained a cult following. Esmail has received praise for his direction of the series, having directed three episodes in the first season before serving as the sole director for the remainder of the show. The show received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Peabody Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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