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The Millennium Bug

1999 · 1 season

A brisk, talky cyber-thriller that mixes office romance with Y2K paranoia, feeling dated but earnestly tense.

Overview
As the world counts down to the year 2000, an evil conspiracy awaits to be uncovered. Can the cyber detective nail the hacker in time ? Will human emerge the bigger millennium 'bug' ? All is unveiled in this action thriller which highlights the repercussions of the Y2K phenomenon. Beautiful Jie is an outstanding cyber detective whose brief marriage to Yu ended over character differences. During an investigation, Jie runs into old pal Xuan and romance blossoms between them. Xuan is a computer prodigy whose father owns an enterprise which creates computer viruses for business gains. Yu is haunted by childhood memories of a computer hacking episode and accidentally discovers his hidden talent in computing. Meanwhile, Jie suspects that Xuan's father may be the mastermind behind the Y2K conspiracy.
How it feels
Tense, dark, romantic and earnest. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Technology, conspiracy, betrayal, love
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

Cast

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Details

Starring
Zoe Tay, James Lye, Zhu Houren, Chen Hanwei, Peiru Huang, May Phua, Tian Liang, Xiuyun Wang
Length
1 seasons, 21 episodes
Country
Singapore

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