It's fun not to agree with the work or its author's politics to find it, but in the case of a political thriller, it's a very difficult task. Zero Daythe new Netflix miniseries starring Robert de Niro is undoubtedly the page turner. It's also an exciting centrist thriller that makes Aaron Sorkin look like Riley in boots, which is impossible for the critic to pass.
Zero DayThe incitement incident was a truly frightening cyber attack, and in the United States, all computer systems, navigation, automatic safeguards, power grids and communications have been destroyed for 60 seconds, killing more than 3,000 people. After power is restored, every screen in the country shows the same ominous threat: “This will happen again.” In response, President Evelyn Mitchell (Angela Bassett) ) and a fearful Congress passed Chapter II of the Patriotism Act, suspending habeas protection and establishing a new overconstitutional authority to pursue those responsible. To lead the controversial zero-day committee, Mitchell chose former President George Mullen (de niro), a popular figure for less divided Americans. But can gentle abilities in principled natures like Mullen trust so much power?
The creators of the show – Repeat Netflix producer Eric Newman, former NBC news director Noah Oppenheim and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Washington correspondent Michael Sch Michael Schmidt – Use Zero Day Comment on the desperate American political landscape from the perspective of a grumpy person in a more civilized era. We have never been told about George Mullen's political affiliation, nor about the political affiliation of other elected officials in the series. Other work may avoid these details in order not to offend the audience on both sides of the aisle, which is Zero DayCruel centralism. In this series, there are only two perspectives that matter: an orderly defense of the status quo, and everything else is equally bad, whatever its purpose is.
There are only two characters that can express a particular politician – Mullen's daughter Alexandra (Lizzy Caplan), a progressive congresswoman and the popular online shock Jock Evan Green (Dan Stevens), which is a ridiculous, totally contradictory Try to portray Alex Jones, but from. Green is a stinging man who provides conspiracy theories for cash and clicks, and congresswoman Mullen is eventually formed into a naive little girl who should listen to daddy. That's to say Zero Day So hard after the left, while mentioning right-wing extremism is just to draw crazy equivalents (white supremacy and “screaming about pronouns” are told in the same breath). Ironically, it involves the belief of ordinary people on the left that institutional Democrats hate progressives in their own party, far exceeding the fears of their fascists in the aisle.
It takes a while Zero DayPolitical myopia is political myopia that completely overwhelms the rest of the narrative, otherwise it has solid settings and some interesting twists and turns. The idea of how the United States will handle the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the 2020s has great potential, especially because the situation denies that the U.S. chose the knee-knee retaliatory response. The incredible ability of modern surveillance and the ease with which electronic evidence can be deformed or made, thus incorporating the cycle of misinformation. There is a fascinating development in the plot, as President Mullen struggles not only with incredible responsibilities, but also with his own mental health.
But in any case, more storytellers have a morally reprehensible legal neutrality that raises their heads. The most incredible example when President Mullen's investigation hits a barrier is a captive Army experienced looter who refuses to name his accomplices. Mullen, in principle, could not use the “enhanced interrogation skills” provided to him by the committee, and therefore he threatened the suspect’s loved one. Are you serving in the Middle East and helping the United States? He will be deported. Your ex-wife? It turns out that she is a heroin addict, so we will take her away and foster your child. That is, unless you spill beans! This performance of power makes Mullen a “victorious tough guy” musical. The narrative framework only once authorizes actual physical torture rather than punishing three people for other people's crimes, because only torture is illegal and the rest is just evil.
This is one way Zero Day It's an anti-authoritarian on the surface, but only so many Dark Knighta movie that reduces surveillance status and then uses its tools to save a day. Needless to say no one Year 0 Question whether torture is an effective means to realize the truth (no), it's just that you shouldn't do it.
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All these criticisms, obviously brought up by my own political bias, may have occupied my criticism Zero Day Give me a lot of other things to chew. Visually, it's as black, gray and flat as other Netflix dramas, and despite its all-star cast, the performances aren't popular. Lizzy Caplan is the most memorable, but weakened in the final episode of the character collapsed and slapped. Robert de Niro did not bring any special life to President Mullen, and Bassett's president Mitchell felt he was visiting from a wider dramatic performance. Jesse Plemons, who plays Mullen's assistant and agent son Roger, gives his first memorable performance in his career. But, in fact, if this actor and crew were doing well on a technical level, I might be even more angry because their talents were employed at such a dim end.
There is no doubt that the former journalists in charge of this series will stick to them as the protagonists on the side of truth, simple, simple and objective. However, unlike reporting on real events, in novels, facts are actually determined by the storyteller. These storytellers choose their truth, and it's the American issue that we split – don't mind what we split. If only everything can go back to things in the 90s, there is enough consensus between the two sides on economic and foreign policy that they may be troubled by sexual scandals and matters of honor or etiquette. Everyone should sit down and focus on what’s important – especially the pursuit of civil and friendly quests without an agenda.
