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Robert de Niro is one of the actors in the series “Zero Day”, soon to be broadcast on Netflix.
NETFLIX – At 81 years old, this monument of American cinema achieves a great first. Best known for his big screen roles in The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Casino or more recently Killers of the Flower Moon, Robert de Niro this time trying out television series. This Monday, December 23, Netflix revealed the trailer for the mini-series in which he stars: Zero Dayalongside Angela Bassett and Jesse Plemons.
In the trailer, the actor plays a former American president, George Mullen, who abruptly comes out of retirement after “zero day”, a global cyberattack that sets the world ablaze. George Mullen is placed at the head of a commission charged with investigating the attack and preventing it from happening again, by the president, played by Angela Bassett. Will Robert de Niro be the man for the job?
“3,402 people lost their lives on zero day (…) plane and train accidents, chaos everywhere,” summarizes George Mullen at the beginning of the extract, while scenes of jostling, accidents and destruction follow one another. “Whoever carried out this attack, they are dangerous and they have said they will do it again”then says the president to his team. “Congress authorized the creation of a special investigative commission, which will hold exceptional powers of surveillance, search and confiscation”then explains the current president.
A reflection on the limits of ultra-security
But is the greatest danger facing the United States cyberattacks or the response to them? Zero Day in any case raises the question of the measures restricting freedom and surveillance put in place by the State to protect the population. Robert de Niro will face a moral dilemma. In addition to ethical questions about security at all costs, the miniseries will also address the problem of conspiracy theories and the post-truth era.
“People will believe what they need to believe. The truth is the truth. But that’s not always the most important thing.” says the president at the end of the trailer. A quote which curiously echoes the development of fake news, some even uttered by political leaders. Not so surprising, then, that Robert de Niro agreed to star in this series, which he even helped produce, when we know his political involvement, he who is a fervent critic of Donald Trump.
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