De Niro stars as former President George Mullen, to whom Bassett’s President Evelyn Mitchell gives unprecedented — and arguably unconstitutional — power to arrest without warrants as the head of a special task force formed after a nationwide cyberattack kills thousands.

Legendary actor Robert De Niro stars in Netflix's "Zero Day," a political thriller with a packed cast that includes fellow Academy Award Winner, Angela Bassett.

Angela Bassett, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons and Lizzy Caplan co-star in a series about politicians trying to find answers after a deadly cyberattack.