Brace yourself for a chaotic blast from the past as Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney serves up his directorial debut with Y2K, a twisted, nostalgia-fueled romp into the pre-dawn of the year 2000. What happens when the dreaded Y2K bug — that feared tech apocalypse — actually lives up to the hype? In Mooney’s world, it’s pure mayhem as the glitch triggers all technology to awaken and rebel, turning the turn-of-the-millennium jitters into a riotous disaster comedy.
Y2K had its world premiere at South by Southwest back in March, where audiences got a taste of Mooney’s wildly satirical take on the cultural paranoia that defined the end of the ’90s. Set on New Year’s Eve 1999, the film follows two high school misfits, played by Jaeden Martell and Julian Dennison, who crash a house party with no clue of what’s coming. But when the clock strikes midnight, the much-feared Y2K glitch becomes terrifyingly real, sparking a tech uprising as everyday gadgets go haywire and humanity finds itself hilariously outgunned by its own inventions.
The cast pulls together a mashup of fresh and throwback talent, with West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler, Limp Bizkit’s frontman Fred Durst, and ’90s icon Alicia Silverstone joining in on the chaos. Mooney’s distinctive touch and irreverent humor — honed on SNL — make Y2K a time capsule that skewers both the absurdity and panic of the era with the comedic touch only A24 could help bring to life.
Set to hit theaters on December 6, 2024, Y2K is primed to cap off the year with a nostalgia-fueled bang, taking us back to the days of dial-up internet, tamagotchi pets, and blockbuster video rentals. So prep your VHS tapes and fire up your dusty desktop monitors — because Y2K is ready to dial up the hilarity.
