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“Y2K” Movie Review
Manage episode 455077225 series 88238
Rated R
Opens: December 6, 2024
Kevin says Y2K kinda sucks!
Every generation has it all-night teen movie – from AMERICAN GRAFITTI and SIXTEEN CANDLES to CAN’T HARDLY WAIT and SUPERBAD. Now Millennial nostalgics are getting their chance with Y2K.
The story follows a high school misfit in 1999 attending a New Year’s Eve party where he hopes to finally kiss the girl of his dreams. However, when the Y2K bug executes at midnight and the machines start a violent revolt, the partying teens have to try and survive.
I’m all for the genre mix-up we get in this film, however, the movie fails to commit to either one.
The all-night party film half of the script just strings together a series of clichés. At least the sci-fi thriller element tries to be unique. However, aside from aping the goofy opening sequence of Stephen King’s coke-fueled fever dream MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, the story ends up stumbling into that film’s own incoherence.
Even if you’re weepingly nostalgic for 90s music, AOL, and a quote-unquote “simpler” time before social media, the lack of story depth and likeable characters found me rooting for the killer robots.
Y2K gets two dial-up modems out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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52 tập
Manage episode 455077225 series 88238
Rated R
Opens: December 6, 2024
Kevin says Y2K kinda sucks!
Every generation has it all-night teen movie – from AMERICAN GRAFITTI and SIXTEEN CANDLES to CAN’T HARDLY WAIT and SUPERBAD. Now Millennial nostalgics are getting their chance with Y2K.
The story follows a high school misfit in 1999 attending a New Year’s Eve party where he hopes to finally kiss the girl of his dreams. However, when the Y2K bug executes at midnight and the machines start a violent revolt, the partying teens have to try and survive.
I’m all for the genre mix-up we get in this film, however, the movie fails to commit to either one.
The all-night party film half of the script just strings together a series of clichés. At least the sci-fi thriller element tries to be unique. However, aside from aping the goofy opening sequence of Stephen King’s coke-fueled fever dream MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, the story ends up stumbling into that film’s own incoherence.
Even if you’re weepingly nostalgic for 90s music, AOL, and a quote-unquote “simpler” time before social media, the lack of story depth and likeable characters found me rooting for the killer robots.
Y2K gets two dial-up modems out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
Email the Show
Follow the show on Twitter (@FGATM)
Follow Kevin on Twitter (@kevincarr)
52 tập
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