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Inner City vs. Outer Space
A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Attack the Block
2011 Directed by Joe Cornish
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Jodie Whittaker John Boyega Nick Frost Alex Esmail Luke Treadaway Selom Awadzi Franz Drameh Simon Howard Jumayn Hunter Leeon Jones Sammy Williams Michael Ajao Paige Meade Danielle Vitalis Gina Antwi Natasha Jonas Terry Notary Chris Wilson Joey Ansah Adam Leese Adam Buxton Maggie McCarthy Flaminia Cinque Jacey Sallés Yvonne D'Alpra Karl Collins Jermaine Smith Lee Long David Cann Show All…
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Tessa Ross Edgar Wright Nira Park Matthew Justice Will Clarke James Wilson Olivier Courson Jenny Borgars
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異星大作戰, Útok na vezák, Чужие на районе, Ataque ao Prédio, Attack of the Block
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Lando Calrissian's love child as Moses the leader of a group of hoodlums and the only hope for civilization after aliens attack a block in London. Real gangstas ride bicycles. KRS-One. Predator's distant cousin. Broadchurch broad. Scared shitless. Moses's eyes. Mini mayhem. Fish fucker. Nicholas Angel's best mate. Enough ganja to make Snoop Dogg jealous. A puppet that's not a muppet. Moses's battle scar. A cool as fuck doggie. Real motherfuckers wear hoodies and play FIFA. Police harassment. Squished piggy. Samurai fuckin' sword. Binoculars. Ja Rule's stepbrother. Fat Joe's nephew. Fast & Furious moped ridin'. Dumpster diving. If you hit an alien fucker thingy hard enough with a baseball bat it will fuck it up. Flat invasion. Reefer paranoia. Is that…
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I made Brooke watch this because I remembered it was really good, but I forgot that it's actually really REALLY good. This movie is so damn beautifully shot it drives me nuts. No duh Boyega became a star after this.
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Trust, this monster movie is bangin. A bunch of hoodies cotch in the ends on Bonfire Night, taxing some gal but they're interrupted by this swag thing falling from the sky. Quicker than you know it, the lads find themselves in the middle of this invasion and big alien gorilla wolf motharfuckas start messing around. Believe.
Seriously though, this movie is loads of fun. It's not laugh-out-loud funny but it amuses nevertheless and it moves at such an alert pace that it becomes an exhilarating ride to behold. There are several lulls but they're so few and far between that it doesn't become problematic and when they occur there's still something to get out of them, like character traits or…
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Allow it, bruv.
A few assorted notes since it's late and I'm too tired to write a coherent review:
1) I wasn't really expecting this to be quite as... well, compassionate as it is. Every character in the film feels absurdly fleshed-out and possesses agency and interest regardless of gender or race (one of my favorite touches in this regard is how the early-film "suiting up" montage allows you to meet the main characters's families) and as a result you really start to feel scared for them. When someone dies, Joe Cornish makes you feel that death, and doesn't just use it for cheap shock. It just goes to show what a great script and a great cast can do. Speaking of…
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Good acting, bad characters, a reasonable plot, and fast paced, this British B-movie places ordinary people in extraordinary events, mostly opting towards action over horror or comedy. The “gorilla wolf motherfuckers” prove the value of a little imagination in monster design, and sure, some of the effects were a bit budgety but the gore was well done. Whereas the mega-scale of most alien blockbusters often reduces characters to faceless ants scurrying between the legs of colossal invaders, Attack the Block sports a cast of spunky British teens at its core and a surprisingly affecting subplot that addresses not just aliens but the cycle of urban violence and how a whole community can suffer for the actions of a few.
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"The government probably bred those creatures to kill black boys" -Moses,
The dealers would totally be the chillest people during an invasion.
This is my Paddington 2...believe. Listen up fam, this is a really outstanding movie and I loved it. In Attack the Block aliens attack a low income, high crime neighborhood in South London and the neighborhood says fuuuuuuuuuck that and it is beautiful and funny and redemptive and wonderful. John Boyega is a star. The soundtrack and score both slap. The aliens are adorable and menacing. What the fuck else do you want you greedy freaks?
I love this film bruv... it ain't no bad breed...believe.
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Was I watching The Goonies, Gremlins, or Aliens? I'm going to go with a mix of all three. This film isn't as good as any of them when you put them head to head, but Attack the Block is definitely solid entertainment.
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they really went off about systems of racial injustice inflicted on marginalized communities by the police
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John Boyega!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh this is so good. So fresh, so entertaining, so smart. It is *screaming* for a sequel and so am I
