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Abigail Holliday


A24’s “Y2K” starring Rachel Zegler and Jaeden Martell was released on Max on April 4. (Photo courtesy of IMDb)
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A24’s gory technological thriller ‘Y2K’ is available to stream on Max

This movie parodies the Year 2000 Problem, Y2K, which was the worldwide fear that all electronics would cease to work at midnight on Dec. 31, 1999. Dates were read in double digits, ‘99 as 1999, and the belief was that when midnight hit and the date would turn ‘00, the computers would believe that it was 1900 and lose all of their data and stop working. “Y2K” portrays a world where technology rebels due to a computer bug and attempts to take over humanity.

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