History Film / Songbird

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called ''Songbird'' because it is one of his favorite Music/{{Oasis}} songs, but the title of the movie/the word ''Songbird'' has nothing to do with the movie, and the song is not featured in the movie.

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called ''Songbird'' because it is one of his favorite Music/{{Oasis}} songs, but the title of the movie has nothing to do with the movie, and the song is not featured in the movie.

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called ''Songbird'' because it is one of his favorite Oasis songs, but the title of the movie has nothing to do with the movie, and the song is not featured in the movie.

* IronicEcho: Harland says, "It's nice to know there's something
out there that still can kill you." when talking to Nico about his smoking. [[spoiler:Nico says almost verbatim the same thing after killing Harland by stabbing him with a pencil.]]

out there that still can kill you." when talking to Nico about his smoking. Nico says the same thing after [[spoiler:killing Harland by stabbing him with a pencil.]]

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called ''Songbird'' because it is one of his favorite Oasis songs, but the title of the movie has nothing to do with the plot, and the song is not featured in the movie.

* ChekhovsGun: Nico gives Sara some pencils. [[spoiler:He later uses a pencil to kill Harland.]]

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called ''Songbird'' because it is one of his favorite Oasis songs, but the title of the movie has nothing to do with the plot, and the song is not features in the movie.

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called Songbird because it is one of his favorite Oasis songs, but it has nothing to do with the movie.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Emmet Harland was a garbage man when suddenly all of his superiors began dying. Then sanitation was made the governing law and he was in power.

* WordSaladTitle: Director Adam Mason said that the movie is called Songbird because it is one of his favorite Music/Oasis songs, but it has nothing to do with the movie.

%%* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Generally speaking, COVID-23 has far more in common with Literature/{{the Andromeda Strain}} than COVID-19.

* IllGirl: One of Lester's biggest clients is the Griffin family, whose youngest daughter Emma suffers from an autoimmune disorder.

By the year 2024, the COVID-19 virus has mutated into an even more virulent form known as COVID-23 and has claimed well over 110 million lives worldwide. In the U.S., the situation has become so dire that those infected are placed in concentration camps known as "Q-Zones" (short for "quarantine zone") where they are left to die from the virus. The story centers on Nico Price (Apa), a motorbike messenger living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with an immunity to the virus. He is in a virtual relationship with Sara Garcia (Carson), a young artist living with her grandmother Lita (Elpidia Carrillo) whose lockdown prohibits them from any physical contact, and works for a man named Lester (Robinson), who specializes in delivering packages to wealthy individuals.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Generally speaking, COVID-23 has far more in common with Literature/{{the Andromeda Strain}} than COVID-19.

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The film has a scientifically-inaccurate script. By the year 2024, the COVID-19 virus has mutated into an even more virulent form known as COVID-23 and has claimed well over 110 million lives worldwide. In the U.S., the situation has become so dire that those infected are placed in concentration camps known as "Q-Zones" (short for "quarantine zone") where they are left to die from the virus. The story centers on Nico Price (Apa), a motorbike messenger living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with an immunity to the virus. He is in a virtual relationship with Sara Garcia (Carson), a young artist living with her grandmother Lita (Elpidia Carrillo) whose lockdown prohibits them from any physical contact, and works for a man named Lester (Robinson), who specializes in delivering packages to wealthy individuals.

By the year 2024, the COVID-19 virus has mutated into an even more virulent form known as COVID-23 and has claimed well over 110 million lives worldwide. In the U.S., the situation has become so dire that those infected are placed in concentration camps known as "Q-Zones" (short for "quarantine zone") where they are left to die from the virus. The story centers on Nico Price (Apa), a motorbike messenger living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with an immunity to the virus. He is in a virtual relationship with Sara Garcia (Carson), a young artist living with her grandmother Lita (Elpidia Carrillo) whose lockdown prohibits them from any physical contact, and works for a man named Lester (Robinson), who specializes in delivering packages to wealthy individuals.

''Songbird'' is a 2020 American sci-fi {{exploitation|Film}} thriller inspired by the contemporary UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. The film is directed by Adam Mason, produced by Creator/MichaelBay, and stars Creator/KJApa, Creator/SofiaCarson, Creator/CraigRobinson, Creator/BradleyWhitford, Creator/PeterStormare, Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Creator/PaulWalterHauser, and Creator/DemiMoore.