Few people will admit their love for drama and chaos when asked, and even fewer enjoy having such energies play out in their daily lives. Instead, they get their fix through entertainment, be it through binging reality TV shows or streaming Netflix’s entire catalogue of thrillers to get their hearts racing. Leave the World Behind is one of the more recent additions to the streamer’s roster, though it’s taken some viewers more than one watch to fully grasp the Sam Esmail-directed release, which was based on a 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam. Leave the World Behind takes place during a family vacation in New York when two strangers kill the mood with their news of a blackout. As looming threats become more intense, two families come together to make a survival plan while coming to terms with the possibility of death. Denzel Washington was initially set to star alongside Julia Roberts but was ultimately replaced by Mahershala Ali , who shines in his role as G. H. Scott....