Attack the Block
2011 Directed by Joe Cornish
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Inner City vs. Outer Space
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction action film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The film stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard. Set on a council estate in South London on Bonfire night, the film follows a street gang which have to defend themselves from hostile alien invaders. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2011. Attack the Block is the directorial debut of Cornish.
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For some reason I had been putting off watching Attack The Block for several months. Quite often, I think, you are presented with the reasons early on in the film as to why you might have been doing that.
Trainee nurse Jodie Whittaker is mugged by a gang of teens on a London housing estate, a mugging that is broken up when a meteor hits a car nearby and releases a hairy alien that they manage to kill. But there are plenty more where that came from and soon they are holed up in their apartment block trying to fend off hundreds of the buggers.
You see, lots of films start off with a cad who becomes a hero over…
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It's a shame this made no money. God damn you, public.
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Oh man, I LOVED THIS TOO. I didn’t know much going in, but I didn’t have quite the same dread in my stomach because I was too busy having fun and loving it. I was a bit nervous about seeing a movie that could be scary in the theatre, because I scream a lot, but I’m so glad I did. (I still screamed out loud several times.) It was fresh and unexpected and didn’t hold back. Too often, genre films that want to transcend their genre seem to work from a checklist – subvert, subvert, subvert. This movie was fresh in that it didn’t work backwards from what to avoid – it just went and did its own thing, perfectly.
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Film #6 of the 30 days 30 countries challenge - UNITED KINGDOM
As a huge fan of the early Misfits series, I thought I would end up loving the formula Attack the Block seems to be emulating. There's such a wild mix of tones that I couldn't quite get into a comfortable watching perspective and ended up wishing it would just pick one direction to go in: do you want to be a comedy, a gross-out horror film, an exploration of class/race issues in London, or a hero's journey?
I came away enjoying the parts of the film when you get a sense of how the assumptions police and the outside world would react to an alien invasion happening in…
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Attack the Block was one of my favorite movies of 2011, and I'm happy to report that I still think its great. Its a movie that seems made just for me. There is some great genre bending between British gangster and alien invasion flicks that I just ate up. Add in a cast of characters that are as despicable as these, and the fact that you turn around and end up rooting for them is impressive.
I mean, these are some sick teens that do terrible things and are not good people. But by the end, there is no way you are not rooting for Moses and the rest (and by that I mean what is left) of the crew.…
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Aaagggh. These kids are a bunch of little shits. I wish some furry, luminous toothed aliens would come and start eating their faces off... Oh wait... Here we go...
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Film #6 of the 30 days 30 countries challenge - UNITED KINGDOM
As a huge fan of the early Misfits series, I thought I would end up loving the formula Attack the Block seems to be emulating. There's such a wild mix of tones that I couldn't quite get into a comfortable watching perspective and ended up wishing it would just pick one direction to go in: do you want to be a comedy, a gross-out horror film, an exploration of class/race issues in London, or a hero's journey?
I came away enjoying the parts of the film when you get a sense of how the assumptions police and the outside world would react to an alien invasion happening in…
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Non stop ride, this movie never stops moving and it has some great stuff from beginning to end, the music is great and keeps you fully engaged, the creature designs are awesome and also work to make in a low budget, which I think is something that should be applauded. You better believe it.
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What a surprise, and while it may not be a There Will Be Blood or an Aliens, it certainly has some great characters that, I'd say for the first time, actually start out so unlikable but because they're so accurately portrayed, they are likable in a way. Has that ever been done before? I don't know, I don't care, it's done great here.
The monsters look fantastic and are most certainly scary - and the comedy is great too, Nick Frost is such a legend though he's not in it that much, however he doesn't need to be! He's still awesome.
A hilarious film with some thrilling moments and an interesting character story, Attack the Block didn't receive near as enough attention as it should have.
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For his debut feature film writer/director Joe Cornish has created a loving homage to John Carpenter’s early work, while simultaneously creating a film that is distinctly British and completely unique. Following the plight of a bunch of hooded teens as they battle an alien invasion on their council estate, Attack The Block is assured, hilarious and yet also fairly scary. It has some wonderful performances from a young cast of unknowns, as well as some excellent supporting turns, and by the final minute it's place in cult cinema is assured.
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Very straightforward, but also very enjoyable.
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Awright geeezzaa! This is a great monster movie. I thought I 'ad seen all da possible alien designs. But da creatures in dis are so cool, yew can't wai' fer 'em ter show up. It's like da design ov da aliens jumped aaaht ov some manga comic I 'ave lyin' around.
The acshun scenes are great an' so is da cast. I loved revisitin' dis movie! Sorted mate. -
If David Cameron needs an idea or two on how to deter any further trouble in London, Joe Cornish has laid down the perfect blueprint in his debut feature; send in some gorilla monsters to clean up the streets.
Mr Cornish is of course originally from the ‘comedy’ duo Adam and Joe and his evolution into a fully fledged film maker retrospectively makes sense, given the film parodies they would create with toys and stuffed animals. Here he writes and directs the sharpest UK film of the year and a definite top ten entry come the end of 2011.
It would be easy to pigeonhole Attack The Block as a hybrid of Super 8 and Kidulthood, but that would undermine…
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