Netflix‘s new thriller Zero Day imagines the horror that would unfurl after a single cyberattack dismantled all of the computers in America at the same time. Hospitals are shut down, cars collide into each other, planes fall from the sky, and, most terrifyingly, fear takes over. The only man the country can trust to fix things is former President George Mullen (Robert De Niro), a bastion of truth and honor. Except, there’s a wrinkle…
**Spoilers for Zero Day, now streaming on Netflix**
By the end of Zero Day Episode 1, it’s clear that George can’t trust himself. He’s exhibiting multiple signs of dementia that he’s working ferociously to hide. At key moments in Zero Day, George is haunted by the chaotic din of the Sex Pistols song, “Who Killed Bambi?” It’s a refrain that stalks George’s psyche, popping up in moments of stress and appearing scrawled in his notes.
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