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In 'Zero Day,' a stellar cast struggles through a silly story : Pop Culture Happy Hour The Netflix series Zero Day begins with a terrifying moment in which everything in the United States goes briefly offline. Thousands of people die, and even after everything is restored, a widespread panic leads to a government investigation of who did it. With a cast headed by Robert De Niro and Angela Bassett, the show hopes to be a paranoid political thriller for our times.

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In 'Zero Day,' a stellar cast struggles through a silly story

In 'Zero Day,' a stellar cast struggles through a silly story

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Robert De Niro as George Mullen in Zero Day.

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The Netflix series Zero Day begins with a terrifying moment in which everything in the United States goes briefly offline. Thousands of people die, and even after everything is restored, a widespread panic leads to a government investigation of who did it. With a cast headed by Robert De Niro and Angela Bassett, the show hopes to be a paranoid political thriller for our times.