Opening 27 Mar 2025
Directed by:
Kyle Mooney
Writing credits:
Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter
Principal actors:
Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson
Eli (Jaeden Martell) and Danny (Julian Dennison) are friends in Crawford High School in the year 1999. Eli admires his classmate Laura (Rachel Zegler), and when it seems that she has broken up with her boyfriend, Danny says to Eli, “Kiss the newly single girl of your dreams.” The kids like to go to Garrett’s (Kyle Mooney) CD store to pick up films. They, along with friends CJ, Ash, and others ride to a New Year’s Eve Party on their bikes. Life becomes dangerous, first revolving into the death of one of the gang. This has to do with the development of huge robots, a field in which Laura has experience. “Never trust a computer which you can’t throw out the window.” The robots slowly take over humanity; the town is burning. More people die. The teenagers hide first in the woods and then in their school.
Y2K stands for the Y2K Bug/Millennium Bug’s anticipated computer problems at the beginning of the new millennium in the year 2000. In the beginning of our film, it is also the email address of President Bill Clinton. In real life it is also the name of a specific fashion design. Here the robots are excellently put together to take over, all controlled by Mother Ship Robot. A condom appears regularly and eventually plays a role. The most-spoken word is “fuck.” Filmed in New Jersey, I would recommend the film for ages sixteen and older considering there is nakedness and violence. Most enjoyable are these young actors, supported by twenty-three songs. (Becky Tan)
