After In the media res Wait that is later a very cheap fake (serious, people, it’s okay not Start your big streaming series with one In the media res Scene), “Zero Day” cuts the chase by developing a devastating cyber attack in the first few minutes. The attack only takes a minute, and yet this is enough time to sew all the chaos and to lead thousands of deaths due to the complete failure of the technology. The attack also contains a threatening message that is sent to every phone in America on apparently: “This will happen again.” The US President Evelyn Mitchell (Angela Bassett makes the best of a subordinate part), decides on answers, a commission to investigate the attack. The former President George Mullen (de Niro), who told us that he is one of the last American presidents to support the support of the American public, is selected to lead this commission. Mullen only served one term and decided not to run for re -election after a family tragedy. But while his term was short, he remains popular and is considered the perfect choice to examine the attack.
Mullen is worried: With the help of the congress, the Commission granted the authority to do almost everything that the constitution in the name of the advancement of the truth essentially crushed. Mullen’s wife, former First Lady Sheila Mullen (Joan Allen), tells him that he could go into a political trap. However, Mullen decides that he is the best man for the performance because he is a man of integrity and can steer things in the right direction … or so he thinks. Of course, the former president almost immediately begins to use dictator -like tendencies. Before the series ended, Mullen will teach those who work below him to collect innocent citizens and to pursue them in adult torture in one case. Again and again Mullen tries to justify his actions in the name, which is right for the country, but the show is obvious that this is a man who gives in to the amoral darkness. At the same time “zero day” Also Seems to let Mullen out of the hook by suggesting that he is not in the case of diseases or another shameful explanation. In the midst of all of this, the consequences of the first attack and the impending danger of further attacks are effectively apart, with the real chance of the collapse of social collapse.
The niro is largely reserved in the part of Mullen, although it really seems to thrive in the moments when the ex-potus becomes too crazy and violent. In order to make the character more interesting, there is a running bit that seems to have tortured mullen from both a tragedy in its past and the very real threat, that it may have suffered from a kind of neurological impairment. This is emphasized by constantly hearing the song “WHO killed Bambi”? In his head and if I am brutally honest, I have to admit that I wish that the showrunner had chosen a less annoying melody to play over and over again. Until the 150th time I was ready to switch off the show or at least press the silent switch.
De Niro is supported by a large, familiar line-up bassett, all and Caplan also contains Jesse Plemons as Roger, Mullen’s right man, who is a few shady things, Dan Stevens as Evan Green, Evan Green, a louder Expert who seems to be a fusion of Alex Jones and countless other splitting slimeball media personality Conspiracy theories and unexpected hatred, Matthew Modine as the dark spokesman for the house, Gaby Hoffmann as Elon Musk-like Tech-Riese, Connie Britton as a former chief of staff and the always welcome Bill Camp as director of the CIA. All of these actors are talented and work well here, but Stevens, Who specializes in Freaky Small Seltosos GamesMakes the biggest impression, probably because his character can be so big and exaggerated when he strips up his fan base.
