Nico hopes to one day see his girlfriend Sara (Sofia Carson), whom he “met” during the lockdown after accidentally delivering something to her address, as all love stories start. Our protagonist is Nico (played by Riverdale’s KJ Apa), an immune courier who delivers packages to mostly wealthy clientele. A very small percentage of people are immune they’re dismissively called “munies” and are generally treated with disdain because everyone else is jealous that they can safely leave their home. Anybody who tests positive for the virus is forcibly removed from their homes to live in “Q-Zones,” which have notoriously brutal conditions-assuming one is lucky enough to survive the sickness. That’s because the coronavirus has continued to mutate and become more deadly the latest strain, COVID-23, has a mortality rate above 50 percent. The year is 2024, and Los Angeles is now in its 214th straight week of lockdown.
(And, spoiler alert, uninspired filmmaking at that.)Īs far as the plot goes, strap yourselves in. Judging from the show notes, the movie’s brain trust would prefer to frame the quick turnaround to release Songbird on demand this month as “opportunistic filmmaking” it would be more sincere to describe the entire endeavor as exploitative. And while the director didn’t get behind the camera for Songbird, the Bay-produced, COVID-inspired thriller is imprinted with his tone-deaf sensibilities.Īs the production notes for Songbird-directed by Adam Mason, who cowrote the script with Simon Boyes-proudly boast, the film was the first to begin shooting in Los Angeles this summer after the rapid spread of COVID-19 shut down productions in the spring. Films mined from a tragic event in history aren’t necessarily a bad thing (see: United 93), but if I had to choose a filmmaker to treat a catastrophic situation that’s already claimed over 1.5 million lives across the world with consideration and decency, Michael Bay wouldn’t exactly be near the top of the list.īay’s standing in Hollywood seems like the universe’s answer to the question, “What if you gave a 12-year-old kid who shouts obscenities while playing Call of Duty a hefty production budget and enough explosives to wipe a small town off the face of the Earth?” If “loud” is the first thing that comes to mind when imagining a Michael Bay production, “tasteless” usually isn’t too far behind. It was always a matter of when, not if, Hollywood would make a movie-or several, with varying degrees of quality-about the ongoing pandemic.
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