As we are now nearly a quarter of a century into the 21st century AD, the locus of nostalgia is shifting from the Eighties to the Nineties. Memories of big hair and trickle-down Reaganomics are giving way to flannel shirts, Slick Willie, and the kind of red caps that had no explicit political affiliation. Among the crises of this era was Y2K, the idea that computers would cease to function because of minor (but widespread!) programming oversights and Man would pay for its overreliance on technology. While generative AI sure seems like our technological reckoning, Kyle Mooney’s film named for said crisis takes this idea to its most extreme and ridiculous end.
The newest trailer for the film, co-written by Mooney and Jonah Hill (Superbad, The Wolf of Wall Street), features then-President Bill Clinton addressing the crisis before his speech is cut into a remix which gives a whole new meaning to the term “chopped and screwed.” We then get some of the clips featured in the film’s initial trailer, namely the machine that uses a makeshift flamethrower to torch one partygoer, as well as another drill-equipped android that has already achieved more penetration than anyone at said party could have hoped for.
Or perhaps not, given that the film’s R rating is for “bloody violence, strong sexual content/nudity, pervasive language, and teen drug and alcohol use.”
While he hasn’t been shown in either trailer, Fred Durst himself is listed among the cast playing himself, so we’ll have to wait and see how Jacksonville’s own features in the film.
Check out the trailer for Y2K, in theaters on December 6th, below:
