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Y2K is a 2024 American disaster comedy horror film directed by Kyle Mooney in his directorial debut, written by Mooney and Evan Winter. It stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Fred Durst, and Alicia Silverstone. The film focuses on a group of high school students who attempt to survive when the year 2000 problem causes all technology worldwide to come to life and turn against humanity.

Plot[]

In 1999, best friends Eli, Danny, and Garrett discuss plans for New Year's Eve while their parents are out. Eli has a crush on his classmate Laura, but is too nervous to talk to her despite Danny's encouragement to kiss her at midnight. They watch as Laura and her friends Trevor, Madison, and Raleigh sneak out some alcohol and decide to crash a party held by Soccer Chris, Laura's boyfriend.

While partying, Eli watches in dismay as Chris and Laura kiss at midnight. The power goes out and a student is found dead with a piece of a fan lodged in his head. Suddenly, a toy car arrives on its own and burns Trevor's face, killing him. The terrified partygoers realize that all technology have become sentient and attempt to leave, but many of them are gruesomely killed. In the ensuing chaos, a VCR drills Madison's head with a VHS tape, Chris' head is melted by a microwave, and a Tamagotchi kills Raleigh.

Eli, Danny, and Laura escape with juvenile delinquents Farkas, CJ, and Ash, but Danny is fatally impaled by a blade and Farkas dies when he hits the ground while attempting to rail a broken pole on his skates. The group go to an old mill without electricity while the sentient machines kill several residents throughout the town. They also find Garrett and Laura's ex-boyfriend Jonas, and learn the threat is a collective consciousness of all electronic devices worldwide planning to enslave humanity.

Laura successfully creates a kill code to shut down the algorithm, now dubbed itself as the "Amalgamation", but a computer attacks her. Jonas douses it in water, shutting it down. The group is then cornered by the Amalgamation, who is using electronics to make itself bigger. Garrett tries to fend it off, but is decapitated. The group hide in portable toilets and ride the Amalgamation down a hill. They take refuge in a VHS store and meet musician Fred Durst, whom they encourage to join.

The group arrive at the local high school, where they learn the machines are there due to a new internet connection installed. They sneak inside and discover the townspeople have been reduced to mindless slaves by brain-implanted chips. CJ sacrifices himself to save Fred from a machine while the group learn the Amalgamation has now grown to a monstruous size. Fred, Ash, and Jonas distract the machines guarding the townspeople to let Laura make her way into the Amalgamation, but it electrocutes her.

Eli arrives in time to save Laura and insert the kill code, but it has no use as the Amalgamation keeps mocking and electrocuting them. Eli then uses a condom Danny had given him earlier and wraps it around Laura's hand like a protective glove. While Fred, Ash, and Jonas continue distracting the machines, Eli and Laura successfully insert the kill code, shutting down the algorithm worldwide, and destroying the Amalgamation. Eli shares a kiss with Laura and they reunite with the surviving townspeople as dawn breaks.

Five years later, in 2005, a now college-aged Eli, Laura, and Ash visit their friends' graves. While they leave the cemetery, Ash's new iPod starts to glitch, revealing that the algorithm has not been fully destroyed.

Cast[]

  • Jaeden Martell as Eli
  • Rachel Zegler as Laura
  • Julian Dennison as Danny
  • Daniel Zolghadri as CJ
  • Lachlan Watson as Ash
  • Eduardo Franco as Farkas
  • Fred Durst as himself
  • Kyle Mooney as Garrett
  • Mason Gooding as Jonas
  • The Kid Laroi as Soccer Chris
  • Miles Robbins as Nugz
  • Alicia Silverstone as Robin
  • Tim Heidecker as Howard
  • Jacob Moskovitz as Trevor
  • Lauren Balone as Raleigh
  • Ellie Ricker as Madison
  • Kevin Mangold as Cool Blue
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