‘Y2K’ Trailer: Rachel Zegler Faces a Homicidal Tamagotchi and More Sentient Machines in A24 Apocalyptic Comedy
A24 has released the official trailer for the apocalyptic comedy “Y2K,” starring Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison.
Per the official logline: “On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy.”
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The trailer shows several homicidal machines in “Y2K,” including a Tamagotchi drilling a whole in a someone’s head, a VHS player hurling tapes at high school students, and a pink toy jeep lighting someone on fire.
“Y2K” marks “Saturday Night Live” veteran Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut. Mooney directed the sci-fi comedy from a script he co-wrote with Evan Winter, while Jonah Hill served as a producer on the film.
Additional cast members include The Kid Laroi, Fred Durst, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Eduardo Franco, Mason Gooding, Lauren Balone, Tim Heidecker and Alicia Silverstone.
Variety‘s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review, “‘Y2K’ is swimming in succulent period references and detail. A scuzzy local DVD store. A CD mixtape. The Pam and Tommy tape. Abercrombie. White kids doing their white version of freestyling. ‘Praise You’ and ‘Tubthumping.’ Not to mention the last fading version of that mythic figure, the video-store clerk — in this case a blissed-out druggie with hippie dreads named Garrett, played by Mooney, whose cracked performance, all ‘Yo!’ and ‘wha-a-a-at?‘ and stoner grins, is one of the most winning things in the movie.”
“Y2K” premieres in theaters Dec. 6.
Watch the full trailer below.
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