Songbird

This film isn't the best but given the subject it tackles it with calm detachment as we all have lost or know someone how has lost someone to the virus we don't need to be told what it's about and this movie lets the watcher fill in the gaps with there own experiences. The acting is not over the top in fact it's if anything understated but in a good way. I don't buy DVDs any more but I will be making an exception for this movie

The premise is post pandemic for months and everyone is supposed to be smart with regards to lock downs and how to get around them. But somehow some of the characters are just plain dumb. I expected much more from the producer Micheal Bay, but he's one of 17 producers so I guess he didn't have much say. Written and directed by Adam Mason who has no real movie experience besides B movies and this is almost a guaranteed failure before the first casting. On a good note, Demi Moore plays a believable housewife, everyone else just stumbles through every scene frustrating the audience. Munies are people who are immune to the virus, but it seems that they have limited intelligence to go along with it. It becomes predictable at the midpoint and this is billed as a thriller which is laughable and the final scene makes zero sense.

2 out of 5 stars. Songbird is a sci fi thriller based on the real world covid epidemic. Taking place in 2023 with covid 23 mutated into a lethal virus that is more airborne than ever. And the cities are on a strict lockdown with military authorized to shoot if caught outside your home. Nico (K.J. Apa) is a bike courier. Who delivers packages. When his girlfriend Sara (Sofia Carson) who is quarantined in there apartment may be infected. A sanitization crew is called in to sweep and take her to an infected zone. Nice who is immune. He is willing to do whatever it takes to save her. The plot does leave a lot of holes open. It has characters who are selling immunity bracelets. A young woman who invites man to her hotel room for sex while trying to keep there face masks on. A veteran who uses his drone to check the city. All these characters are uninteresting. The script is terrible in executing in making these characters stand out. The direction is terrible. The cinematography is all over the place with weird camera angles and quick and shaky cuts. The story goes completely nowhere in the end. The cast is great. K.J. Apa. Sofia Carson. Demi Moore. Alexandria Daddario. And Peter Stormare were all completely wasted playing characters that are forgettable. The script did not give them anything to work with besides giving them tedious characters. The movie lacked thrills when it tries to be. But showing Nico riding his motorcycle all over Los Angeles from one warehouse to another. Which lacks the excitement. Songbird is definitely one of those films that is best to skip to a streaming service or skip it all together. It was just terrible.

I was very excited to watch this film it was produced by Michael Bay so I was expecting it to be well done. I was very wrong. What a perfect opportunity to make a truly creative film about a real pandemic and they blew it on a stupid love story that nobody gives a flying fig about. Awful. This should have been a blockbuster thriller and they blew it on a love story that wasn't even good. They had a perfect story for an adventure and they ruined it. I'm so disappointed. It's just a sad romance. Not a thriller not even dramatic. It was a thrown together disaster.