The Millennium Bug(1999)

The Millennium Bug is an action thriller set against the Y2K countdown, where a cyber detective must uncover a dangerous conspiracy before the clock strikes midnight on the year 2000. Jie, a brilliant investigator, reconnects with an old flame, Xuan, a computer prodigy whose father runs a shadowy enterprise creating viruses for profit. As romance reignites between them, Jie begins to suspect Xuan's father of orchestrating the Y2K plot. Meanwhile, her ex-husband Yu, haunted by childhood trauma from a hacking incident, discovers his own latent computing talents. The film explores whether humanity itself becomes the bigger threat than any digital bug, weaving together personal drama with high-stakes cyber espionage as the world teeters on the edge of technological collapse.