Good movie but the premise doesn't hold up

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2018)

Watching the Bird Box reminded me of 'A quite place', another recent apocalyptic movie I watched recently. When I finished watching 'A quite place' I was left satisfied and that was not the case with Bird Box. Both movie are very well done, have great productions and great acting. The difference is that the premise of Bird Box is not explained very well throughout the movie and without a strong premise everything else is affected in the end. Throughout the movie you're kind of left waiting to see what is driving people crazy and suicidal and hoping for god's sake that they will show you but it never happens. There's an invisible evil force and we basically don't know anything about it. It behaves differently in different kinds of situations. Just one example, why did Malorie and the kids hear the voices in their heads only when they are outside? The same goes for moving objects, the car was being moved outside but nothing ever moved when they were indoor. I mean, is that thing not capable of going inside?
So all in all , this could have been much better movie if they had focused on re-enforcing the initial premise of the movie and provide more details to the audience. I can almost picture in my head what those who came up with this idea were thinking. "Let's make a horror movie where people can't keep their eyes open!". Well that's a very good idea but unfortunately it was not developed to its full potential. 'A quite place' on the other hand didn't leave any stones unturned. All in all Bird Box is a solid movie but it leaves you hanging and I hope they make a sequel where they explain what the heck this evil thing is and what it looks like. And that somehow would retroactively make the first movie better, just like a show series with unexplained situations, that becomes better as a whole, when they explain things later on.