2020 · sci-fi · thriller · revenge
Songbird
Directed by Adam Mason1h 25m2020
During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.
Our read: Songbird (2020) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · thriller · revenge entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- twisty
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