Y2K (2024)
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A group of high school students must survive a nightmare where every electronic device on Earth suddenly gains sentience and turns hostile.
The story
In 1999, best friends Eli and Danny attend a New Year's Eve party with Laura and her friends. At midnight, the power goes out, and they discover that all electrical devices have become autonomous and hostile, beginning a gruesome slaughter of the partygoers. The terrified survivors, including Eli, Danny, and Laura, escape with a group of juvenile delinquents. They must navigate a town where machines are killing residents and seeking a way to stop the technological uprising before they are overwhelmed by the hostile electronics.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1999, Eli and Danny attend a New Year's Eve party with Laura, where they witness the 'year 2000 problem' cause all electronics to gain sentience and turn hostile. After a bloody massacre at the party, Eli, Danny, and Laura escape with three delinquents: Ash, CJ, and Farkas. They seek refuge in an old mill and later encounter a VHS store clerk and Laura's ex-boyfriend, learning that the devices have formed a collective consciousness called the 'Amalgamation' intent on enslaving humanity. They meet musician Fred Durst and head to the local high school, discovering townspeople have been enslaved by brain-implanted chips. CJ sacrifices himself to save Fred while the Amalgamation grows to a monstrous size. Fred, Ash, and Jonas distract the machines while Laura attempts to enter the Amalgamation to insert a kill code. After being electrocuted, she is saved by Eli, who uses a condom as a protective glove to successfully insert the code, destroying the Amalgamation. They reunite with survivors as dawn breaks. Five years later in 2005, Eli, Laura, and Ash visit their friends' graves, only for Ash's new iPod to glitch, suggesting the algorithm survived.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 92
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Kyle Mooney
- Writers
- Kyle Mooney · writer; Evan Winter · writer
- Cast and characters
- Jaeden Martell; Rachel Zegler; Julian Dennison; The Kid Laroi; Fred Durst; Lachlan Watson; Daniel Zolghadri; Mason Gooding
- Genres
- horror; comedy; science fiction
- Themes
- nostalgia; artificial intelligence; technological uprising
- Tone and mood
- playful; dystopian; farce
- Premise and plot tags
- alternate history; disaster; high school; apocalyptic
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $4.5 million.
- Reported review scores
- PostTrak · score: 65%
- Production trivia
- The film was released alongside Werewolves and Pushpa 2: The Rule.; Weta Workshop worked on the effects for the film.; Jenna Ortega, Melanie Lynskey, and Fred Hechinger were also considered for the film.
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