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Attack the Block
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- 2010
- Joe Cornish
- 84 mins
- 15
Summary
Sci-fi action comedy starring Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker and John Boyega. On the mean streets of south London, five teenagers in the process of mugging a woman are disturbed by an alien invader. Soon their housing estate is overrun with beings from outer space and the hunters have become the hunted.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Andrew Collins
For his feature debut as writer/director, Joe Cornish - of comedy duo Adam and Joe - combines his love of 1980s creature capers like Gremlins with a more contemporary concern: fear of teenage hoodies. Before he made his name as Finn in Star Wars, John Boyega first appeared here as the leader of a bunch of tearaways who are first seen mugging nurse Jodie Whittaker. However, they are soon forced to find the hero within when their "block" is targeted by sharp-toothed alien invaders. Cornish stages the nonstop siege action around the estate's walkways, garages and recycling bins like a master, and manages not to patronise his young protagonists. The slang, drugs and council-estate setting may put some audiences off, but they would be missing a socially conscious, energetic horror comedy that's scary and very funny.
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rolenameSamJodie WhittakerMosesJohn BoyegaRonNick FrostPestAlex EsmailBrewisLuke TreadawayDennisFranz DramehJeromeLeeon JonesBiggzSimon HowardHi-HatzJumayn HunterTiaDanielle VitalisMargaretMaggie McCarthy
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rolenameDirectorJoe Cornish
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Theatrical distributor
Optimum Releasing
Released on
2011-05-13
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing and drug abuse.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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