![]() 1 adult this time is Sebastian (Mario Casas) who is trying to keep his daughter Anna safe. The world’s population wears blindfolds to prevent themselves from seeing the monsters. The chaos overtaking the streets and grim-faced news anchors on TV are surely meant to recall the first few months of 2020, which is what everybody wants to do this summer. “Barcelona,” which is mostly in Spanish, is not a sequel so much as a siesta, set during the early days after the creatures’ arrival. The repetitive deaths are neither shocking nor scary - they are only depressing. The will to live is missing from Netflix’s not-quite-sequel “Bird Box Barcelona,” and so is our will to watch.įrom the offset there is a resigned feeling of “OK, we get it” as scared Spaniards bare their ojos only to hurl themselves off a building or walk into traffic. “Bird Box” was a poor soul’s “ A Quiet Place” in which, rather than noise being perilous, the danger came from merely opening your eyes.īut its saving grace was the intense drive of Sandra Bullock as Malorie to protect two children by any means necessary.
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