Synopsis
A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
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Cast
- John BoyegaMoses
- Jodie WhittakerSam
- Nick FrostRon
- Alex EsmailPest
- Luke TreadawayBrewis
- Selom AwadziTonks
- Franz DramehDennis
- Simon HowardBiggz
- Jumayn HunterHi-Hatz
- Leeon JonesJerome
Recommendations
- 100
Time Out
Starring a tough-minded band of scrappy teens who actually do some solving, it's the movie "Super 8" wanted to be - or should have been. - 90
Boxoffice Magazine
Cornish's idiomatic dialogue is hilarious and the longtime comic's sense of timing is perfect. - 90
Village Voice
The smartest, funniest cheap monster-movie import this side of June's "Trollhunter," Attack the Block is a near-perfectly balanced seasonal trifle: Anchored in social realism yet determinedly goofy, it's neither too eager for laughs nor overtly preachy. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
There could be a few more scares and laughs, but it's a blast to be drawn into this urban ecosystem that is, to us Yanks, itself a bit alien. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
There's a vaguely Spielbergian quality to Cornish's skill at balancing the sense of shared adventure with genuine danger. - 80
Variety
Brit comedian-TV presenter Joe Cornish emerges fully formed as an exciting new writer-helmer with his enormously appealing debut feature, Attack the Block. - 75
Slant Magazine
More "Bloody Kids" than "Super 8," more "Assault on Precinct 13" than "Jumanji," and, in the end, more "Be Kind Rewind" than "Adventures in Babysitting." - 75
Orlando Sentinel
A brisk blast of bloody good fun, sci-fi with a little social commentary as subtext. Attack the Block is the movie that "Battle: Los Angeles" was not - thrilling, nerve-wracking and fun.
