One user bluntly tweeted, "Zero Day was a badly written, badly structured political thriller. Disjointed and rushed." Another user warned, "Don't bother with Zero Day... trust me on this. Intriguing ...

Zero Day (Netflix) isn’t Robert De Niro’s TV debut, because who can forget his masterly appearance in that Warburtons advert? He also played Bernie Madoff in a made-for-TV film, Wizard of Lies.

While our country is in a state of disarray, it is not yet quite as messy as the fictional America of Zero Day (Netflix, February 20), a new political thriller mini-series starring Robert De Niro.