Bird Box Barcelona (2023)

	Directed by: Álex Pastor David Pastor	COUNTRY Spain GENRE Horror/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Bird Box Barcelona RUNNING TIME 112 minutes
	Produced by: Dylan Clark Núria Valls Adrián Guerra Chris Morgan Ryan Lewis Josh Malerman
	Written by: Álex Pastor David Pastor

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Sebastián	Mario Casas
Anna	Alejandra Howard	-
Claire	Georgina Campbell	½
Sofia	Naila Schuberth	-
Octavio	Diego Calva	-
Padre Esteban	Leonardo Sbaraglia	-
Isabel	Lola Dueñas	-
Rafa	Patrick Criado	-
Roberto	Gonzalo de Castro	-

Review

Not really a sequel to Susanne Bier's hugely successful 2018 film other than in name and basic concept, Bird Box Barcelona was made by a Spanish production company with original producers Dylan Clark and Chris Morgan, obviously to capitalize on their previous success. The movie turns the table and sees (pun intended) it all from the perspective of the "seers", as we follow protagonist Sebastián (Mario Casas) on a quest through the Catalan capital to "save lost sheep", as his strange daughter Anna (Alejandra Howard) puts it. Although there is an initial nerve in the turning of the tables, the stereotypical horror tropes which it is all enclosed in become prevalent far too early for the predictable ending to hold any sort of tension or relevance. Despite fair production values and a well-cast Mario Casas (Contratiempo, El Bar), this is a stale spin-off which ultimately leaves you underwhelmed.