mvmike...Bird Box IS a rip-off!!!

Rating: 4/10 (2 January 2019)

This review is for mvmike and anyone else that thinks this movie is not a rip-off. There is a movie from 2011 called The Darkest Hour that at best could be called a prequel to Bird Box. It is about a random group of people in Moscow that must work together to escape an invisible alien invasion that takes over and kills any living thing through electrical systems (i.e. light bulbs and such) which is how they determine the proximity of said invisible creatures. What makes The Darkest Hour better (although not by much) than Bird Box is that the aliens are indiscriminate in who they kill and leave no questions about their motive. The aliens in Bird Box only effect sighted humans, driving them to suicide while leaving a small percentage of them alive, insane and driven to spread their madness. And why? To what end? Why do only some kill them selves and others fall into madness? And no revelation or resolution of how to thwart this threat. I'm all about leaving a movie's ending to the imagination of the viewers but there's not enough information for this viewer to work with.