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Attack the Block

Cast

Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Nick Frost, Alex Esmail View All


Crew

Joe Cornish (Director), Joe Cornish (Writer) View All

Release: May 12th, 2011
Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes
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.
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I couldn't find a thread already and this isn't a review. The flicks getting a lot of buzz state side it seems and all fairly positive, I saw this a while ago and also got DVD of it to watch again so...

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Thief
It's a way to understand what "the block" is about and why they "take care of things" their own way, which is ultimately a sense of identity and belonging that you can't get anywhere else, and which makes you protect it at all costs; whether it's "the block" or Planet Earth.
Justin
With hilarious dialogue and plenty of great, action packed set pieces, Cornish has really started off with a bang..
Iroquois
In fairness, there's quite a bit of comedy to be wrought from the various goofy characters that populate the Block (most memorably regular Wright collaborator Nick Frost popping up in a supporting role as an affable drug dealer), especially when they react to the alien invasion in all sorts of incre....
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