These aren t the fictional figures that open
Songbird, but the actual real-life toll of the COVID-19 pandemic as of December 10. It s a number that will only rise in the coming weeks and months, despite the fact the first COVID-19 vaccine is being used in the UK.
Songbird actually opens with a fictional figure of 110 million deaths globally as the world enters its fourth year of lockdown, with the COVID-23 virus mutated to be even deadlier with a mortality rate of more than 50%.
The movie had already received a significant backlash when it was first announced and we had expressed our own concerns over its timing and sensitivity. However, what we should have actually been concerned about was whether it was actually going to be a good movie, regardless of the wider context.
12/11/2020
K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Demi Moore and Bradley Whitford appear in this Michael Bay-produced thriller about several people trying to survive during a deadly pandemic.
The country is currently in the grip of a deadly pandemic. The death rate is higher than ever, with fatalities racing toward the 300,000 mark. Millions of people are in desperate financial straits, the government response has been chaotic and people are violently rebelling against the very health measures designed to keep them alive. So what you really want to do to distract yourself from this horrible state of affairs is pluck down $20 at home to watch a new cinematic thriller about a country in the grip of a deadly pandemic, right? Right?