This is even more drab than the first instalment of the Netflix horror-thriller.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 18, 2024

The film has moments of pure and hard terror that should appease those who love the genre. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 5, 2023

[There's] a new element, which I think is very bright of the film... They pull this thing off again.

| Jul 22, 2023

The Barcelona edition is essentially a repeat of the first film, flaws and all.

| Jul 17, 2023

Suspension of disbelief and an appreciation of propulsively destructive action sequences is key. Just don’t expect too many fresh ideas.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2023

Some real creativity could have made all of this cinematically compelling instead of merely sadistic. Unfortunately, Bird Box Barcelona doesn’t have many other ideas beyond its initial ones.

| Jul 14, 2023

It’s far better than it could have been, a simple retread transformed into something flawed but competently made and narratively unexpected, albeit mildly.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2023

... It soon proves to be less scary than just acutely depressing, with none of the depth or daring of the fatal eye-contact plot device in Jordan Peele’s Nope.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2023

The will to live is missing from Netflix’s not-quite-sequel “Bird Box Barcelona,” and so is our will to watch.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2023

In a world of bombed-out journeys into darkness, it's one apocalypse too many.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 14, 2023

... A film whose primary pleasures live in the initial set-up, the early twist and some genuinely thoughtful engagement with the premise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2023

If seeing is believing, “Bird Box Barcelona” doesn’t have much to show.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2023

While Bird Box: Barcelona has none of the subtle bleakness of Brier's first film, the Pastors still manage to bring an interesting twist to Malerman's excellent original idea.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2023

... A spin-off that’s not as moving as the original, which was boosted by Bullock and had novelty on its side — but it’s still as creepy as hell.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2023

There is no thrill, entertainment or insight to be gleaned in watching the myriad ways people can die by their own hand. It’s just awful.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 13, 2023

From a technical standpoint, the Pastors ensure an engaging spinoff. But the emphasis on familiar horror beats and stock archetypes undermine the themes introduced.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 13, 2023

Directors Àlex Pastor and David Pastor have come up with a spinoff feature, “Bird Box Barcelona,” minus Bullock but with the addition of a rather nifty — and depressingly credible — faith-based twist.

| Jul 13, 2023

Thanks to a couple of novel twists, it manages to outpace its predecessor in tension and originality—if not quite reinvigorate the franchise.

| Jul 12, 2023

Though slick and more expansive in some ways, with bigger action sequences, it proves an overlong, uninvolving entry, in which any attempted fresh wrinkles to this fantasy universe offer scant viewer reward.

| Jul 11, 2023

A largely uninspiring re-tread of a superior film, this has some decent moments and enough gnarly deaths to keep horror hounds vaguely entertained until the inevitable arrival of ‘Bird Box Santorini’.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 11, 2023