• Attack The Block
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/Attack_The_Block_2.jpg/215px-Attack_The_Block_2.jpg[/img] Created by the producers of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Shaun of the Dead, 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. This is the directorial debut of Joe Cornish. [release]Plot: A group of teenagers; Pest (Alex Esmail), Dennis (Franz Drameh), Jerome (Leeon Jones), Biggz (Simon Howard), and leader Moses (John Boyega) in Kennington, England mug a nurse Sam (Jodie Whittaker). However, it is interrupted by a object that crashes in the car next to them. The small object is a creature that bits Moses and runs away. The gang chase the creature and kill it, hoping to gain fame and profit. However, what they started is the alien apocalypse.[/release] [release]Trailers and Pics: [b]Attack the Block Official Trailer[/b] [video] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0gm7dHKKc[/url][/video] [b]The Gang[/b] [thumb]http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/attack-the-block-movie-image-02.jpg[/thumb] [b]Jodie Whittaker[/b] [img]http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jodie+Whittaker+Attack+Block+UK+Premiere+Inside+yJ TeE8IjSDXl.jpg[/img] [b]Ron(Nick Frost) and Luke Treadway[/b] [img]http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/7234/30385718_.jpg[/img][/release] [release]Reviews: [b]New York Times: Unwinding over a single night on a council housing estate in South London, this fabulously inventive debut feature, written and directed by the British comedian Joe Cornish, never flags. When five diminutive thugs are interrupted midmugging by a crash-landing alien, their 15-year-old leader (John Boyega) swiftly puts it out of its misery. But figuring out how to sell the rank carcass on eBay is the least of their problems: soon the sky above their tower block is raining extraterrestrials: jet-black hairballs with glowing fangs and an unfortunate resemblance to the beasties from “Critters.” Using the city’s ubiquitous fireworks as cover (it’s Guy Fawkes night), the aliens are seeking revenge for their fallen comrade. A canny blend of jokes and jitters, “Attack the Block” (the title is a homage to a marginal 1999 South Korean movie, “Attack the Gas Station!”) is about breaching class barriers to defend your home turf. As the resourceful hoodlums — armed mainly with bikes, brooms and baseball bats — join forces with a stoned college student (an excellent Luke Treadaway) and their earlier mugging victim (Jodie Whittaker), Jonathan Amos edits every scene to the bone. Thomas Townend’s photography gives the soaring high-rises a penumbral fairy tale look, and the largely inexperienced leads effortlessly engage. Their patois may be impenetrable, but their ragtag courage is as clear as day.[/b][/release] [release][b]news.com.au: WHO doesn't love a no-name movie that gets very good very quickly? And then defies all odds to stay that way to the end? You? Well, you have buttons for eyes, my friend. Oh, and I think you're gonna love Jack and Jill. The intrepid thrillseekers among us should therefore be making tracks for Attack the Block. What this cheeky British alien-invasion thriller lacks in budget or star power, it more than makes up for with attitude, and an unflagging will to win you over. The mid-year sci-fi dud Cowboys & Aliens, starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, cost roughly 20 times more than Attack the Block. And was roughly one-20th as good. Leading the charge in what amounts to a welcome assault on the senses is a whip-smart writing-directing debut from Joe Cornish. When it comes to dispensing jolts and jokes, this guy knows his stuff. Not since Shaun of the Dead have splatter and patter gone so well together. (Though it will pay to concentrate initially. The accents of many major players are "fick", slangy and colourfully coded. It takes a good five minutes to tune your ears to the right lingual wavelength. Make the effort. It is worth it.) The twist that sets Attack the Block's interplanetary incursion aside from all others? Just has to be the unfortunate choice of drop zone made by the aliens. These monsters from outer space could have landed anywhere they liked. Their first and biggest mistake was to arrive in the vicinity of a slummy tenement complex in the roughest part of London. The kind of place where the locals don't take kindly to any new critters on the block. The unofficial Unwelcoming Committee is chaired by a small group of teen roughnecks, each well on the way to an adult life of crime. All are kids who are going to grow on you as characters throughout the movie, even though when we first meet them, they're callously robbing a neighbour as hard-up as themselves. The mugging is barely over when the first strange being from parts unknown reveals itself. The lads think it is some kind of rabid mongrel dog, and end up skirmishing with the beast. After slaying their foe, its carcass is hauled back to their high-rise HQ and stored in the apartment of the friendly neighbourhood drug dealer. (In another parallel to Shaun of the Dead, one of the pusher man's main men is played by the great Nick Frost.) As Attack the Block moves on, more of the mysterious visitors arrive to make their presence felt. And have a good, old-fashioned feed while they're at it. As far as movie monsters go, these strange beings look more than a little crappy. If it wasn't for their neon-blue, glow-in-the-dark jaws, they could almost be laughed off the screen. As it turns out, this is a ploy by Cornish to trick the viewer into a false sense of security at key flashpoints during the tale. When the going gets tough, Attack the Block hangs as tough as any modern thriller should. Attack the Block (MA15+) Director: Joe Cornish (feature debut) Starring: John Boyega, Leeon Jones, Jodie Whittaker, Nick Frost (above), Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter Close encounters of the suburban kind Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.[/b][/release] Official Website: [url]attacktheblock.com[/url] This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. An action-like movie that also puts humor but keeping that feeling of awesomeness that 15 year-olds are saving England, and even the world. Also, this is my first megathread, so if there is any problems, then say so.
One of the best movies you've ever seen? It was just alright, nothing special.
Eh, it just seemed different from other action movies.
it was more of a 'creature feature' than an action.
It was a good blend of street crime combined with monster movie. It was interesting how it made low life scum into protagonists I could root for.
I was sort of looking forward to this movie. Didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Found it hard to care about most of the characters. I thought it was supposed to be like aliens attack earth and these kids stop them using their street smarts or something like that. It ended up being aliens land on the planet, and then one guy decides since they're aliens they need to be killed and he is basically responsible for the death of all his friends because his killed something for little reason.
i found it really boring. Not funny or amusing in any way. The action and the aliens were pretty cool though.... I didn't even catch one single joke or any humor in the entire experience.
Was a lot more graphic than I expected, people died without a lot of warning.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;33586263]Was a lot more graphic than I expected, people died without a lot of warning.[/QUOTE] Yeah I felt it was actually kind of out of the blue when all of a sudden the guy in the helmet got his head ripped off
I can't tell if it is meant to be a comedy or an action/horror movie.
This probably makes me a douche, but I didn't make it through the movie because I couldn't understand a word anyone was saying. I can do British accents or I can do street talk, but not both at once.
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