A wild-eyed priest, Father Esteban (Leonardo Sbaraglia), welcomes the lethal entity as a Divine miracle, delivering lost souls from the hell of life on earth. Shifting the setting to a Catholic country allows for a mildly intriguing religious twist. Their script does both too much and not enough to justify a deeper dive into a story that already suffered from contrivances and wobbly logic the first time around. Cast: Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva, Naila Schuberth, Alejandra Howard, Patrick Criado, Celia Freijeiro, Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo de Castro, Michelle Jenner, Leonardo Sbaragliaĭirector-screenwriters: Alex Pastor, David Pastor, based on the novel Bird Box, by Josh Malermanĭeparting from Josh Malerman’s 2014 source novel and from the central character of Bullock’s Malorie, the Pastors want to have it both ways by explaining how the phenomenon works - anyone who sees the creatures is prompted to take their own life in the swiftest way possible - while retaining the ambiguity.
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