Reviews

Truly sad what this franchise has become, considering how far it's come. Me and the mrs, along with other people in the audience, spent most of the viewing laughing out loud. That's not what the f&f saga should have been. These films have reached a point now where there doesn't need to be any real actors. They just as well cgi everything. There was a chance for a genuinely interesting world of modified cars to be created in this franchise. And now we just get cars with rockets on, smashing into satelites whilst the two people in said car are patching thier 'spacesuit' together with duck tape. Utterly embarrassing film and had i not got a cineworld card, would have walked out and got my money back. They also think its cute to keep referencing brian . Its.not. Let him rest in peace.

As a fan of both Sandra Bullock and this particular genre of film, I found Bird Box to be massively lacking in substance. Sure, Bullock does a good job of the character as she's a terrifc actor but the script just doesn't hold any substance to let her character really shine. The "things" people saw really should have been shown to the veiwer to enable us to engage properly with the threat. To merely see some leaves wafting around and hear generic 'spooky voices' feels such a half arsed attempt. There was a real opertunity to show exactly what (at least the main characters) were seeing. The children did a good job although I have seen many other films where the acting from children of this age has been far superior. Again, there were no stand out moments for either of them.

Finally, for there to be no explanation what so ever as to what happend just felt like such a waste. I can't imagine there will be a second film so we won't get any answers.

To summerize 1.Threat level didn't ever feel real or particularly scary 2.Group of characters were very generic, cool black guy, young stoners, grumpy old man, chinese guy, pregnant woman, wierdo. 3.A 'nothing' ending 4.Bullock the only reason worth watching