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Universal Healthcare Without the NHS: Towards a Patient-Centred Health System

Kristian Niemietz

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The British National Health Service remains the sacred cow of British politics - any criticism is...

David McK (3633 KP) rated Bird Box (2018) in Movies

Aug 23, 2020 (Updated Jan 17, 2023)

Bird Box (2018)

2018 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

7.1

(144 Ratings)

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2018 post apocalyptic horror film, that proved to be a big hit for Netflix when it was released on that streaming platform.

Starring Sandra Bullock, this was sold on the (strong) imagery of a blindfolded woman leading two equally blindfolded children through a river journey - the film, later, makes it clear that this is because a mysterious entity has decimated the population, driving whoever sees it (we don't) mad and causing them to commit suicide.

The film is actually told in both the 'now' of the journey and '5 year previously' (when this first started happening), with Sandra Bullock's character of Malorie heavily pregnant and trapped in a house with other survivors - we know, of course (they're not in the 'now'!) that they're all going to be bumped off one by one, but the suspense is in the how and when.

The ending also, apparently, is a lot less dark that the book on which it is based, and I still have little idea why the film is even called Bird Box!