Horror-Theatrical Y2K - In theaters December 6, 2024

[Space Cadet]

3.00 star(s) Rating: 3.00/5 1 Votes

Title: Y2K

Genre: Comedy, Horror

Director: Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter

Cast: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker, Eduardo Franco, Miles Robbins, Alicia Silverstone, Fred Hechinger, Daniel Zolghadri

Plot: When a group of nerdy high schoolers attempts to go to the cool kids’ New Year’s Eve party on December 31, 1999, the Y2K bug kicks in and computers start running amok and going on a killing spree.

 

[Space Cadet]

From A24 !

 

[kaw]

 

[kaw]

This looks amazing!

 

[Lenny Nero]

Hells yeah! Finally my generation gets a movie about what we expected to happen!
I lived through those times, and can confirm that everything was like that - don't know how we survived.

 

[Flloydo]

Yeah this has peaked my interest. I remember the party I was at on the Eve of Y2K. A family one. Wasn’t as fun as this one looks. Nice to see a horror comedy come from A24. Looks unique

 

[Noodles]

 

[Noodles]

 

[Lenny Nero]

I love the TLC music video style posters!
This is like Hardware meets This is the End!

 

[Lenny Nero]

Well, it's not a great movie, but it rides out on its nostalgia elements.
Excellent '99 bits like dial-up, AoL, old computer interface, messaging, pixelated video, mp3 player, burning a cd, flash website games, slow loading porn pics, vhs, Nintendo 64 cartridges, etc, with awesome songs here and there, which I wish were given more playtime. Main excitement comes from seeing Fred Durst - donning his iconic red hat is an epic moment - and Alicia Silverstone smoke some weed.
So all of that barely makes it OK, because otherwise it's very silly and unrealistic, with some unnecessarily bloody scenes at the beginning, and a very bland cast of young actors I had no interest or sympathy for.