Attack the Block
United Kingdom
2011
87 Min
Color
English
Synopsis
Sam is walking home in a scary South London tower block when she’s robbed by a gang of hooded youths. She flees when the gang are attacked by a small alien creature which falls from the sky.
While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of creatures falls. The gang grab weapons, mount bikes, and set out to defend their turf. But this time, the creatures are much bigger. Savage and bestial, nothing will stand in their way. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her only hope. –SXSW
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angelicidea
25Jan13
Absolutely brilliant and fun to watch all the way through. Captures the zeitgeist very well.
Ryan Pearce
18Dec12
Great fun. Carpenter-esque, in regards to making the most out of a relatively small budget.
Surrealcinema
15Nov12
I´m not a huge fan of Science fiction movies but this one combines rebel neighborhood attitude, slang and alien invasion in a cool way. Nice photography. Interesting film, cool!
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BAFTA Nominees and Winners 2012
By David Hudson on January 17, 2012
The Artist leads. Conspicuous in their total absence: Melancholia and The Tree of Life.
Daily Briefing. Best of 2011 Blowout
By David Hudson on December 31, 2011
Moving Image Source’s “Moments of 2011,” Reverse Shot‘s top ten, the NYT’s awards season package and, of course, more.
"The Artist" Strikes Again. New York Film Critics Online Awards 2011
By David Hudson on December 11, 2011
Best Film, Director and Use of Music. The Tree of Life scores Cinematography and, at least in part, Breakthrough Performer.
Notebook Reviews: Rupert Wyatt’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and Joe Cornish’s “Attack the Block”
By Fernando F. Croce on August 20, 2011
Blockbuster apes and low-budget aliens in a double-bill of subtext-rich science fiction.
Fresh Reads, Events and News
By David Hudson on May 17, 2011
Time for a quick break from the news coming out of Cannes. With the emphasis on quick, here's a bit on what's going on elsewhere. First
SXSW 2011. Awards and Roundups
By David Hudson on March 16, 2011
Robbie Pickering's Natural Selection has been named best Narrative Feature at this year's SXSW Film Festival by both the Grand Jury
ATTACK THE BLOCK Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 20, 2011
Truth lies in numbers, so here’s my take on semi-cult hit Attack The Block. British genre films are doing quite well for themselves. After a series of successful horror flicks British genre cinema is now
Hollywood Grind: ATTACK the Hype
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
We’ve displayed an unabashed love for Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block since it debuted at SXSW in March, and I’m fully on board with calling it one of the most enjoyable films of the year. It’s expanding
ATTACK THE BLOCK Expands To Five U.S. Cities. Vote For The Sixth!
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block rules like fucking lords! Truth. I saw it this weekend. Twice. Yes. It is that good. After a very healthy per screen average from the first six cities where the sci-fi horror
US Trailer And A New Clip From Joe Cornish's ATTACK THE BLOCK
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block has already been declared an enormous success by those in the geek community who have seen it and on July 29th we’ll learn whether general audiences across North America
Get Tooled Up For The ATTACK THE BLOCK Red Band Trailer!
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Soon my pets. Soon. If you live in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin or Chicago then you’re in luck because on July 29th you’ll be able to see Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block
ATTACK THE BLOCK Lands July 29th Release Date
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
It’s a good news / bad news scenario for Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block in North America. The good news is that Sony / Screen Gems have announced a theatrical release date of July 29th. Despite an enormously
Fantasia 2011: ATTACK THE BLOCK Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
[With Twitch favourite ATTACK THE BLOCK playing today at Fantasia (bonus, Jerome Sable’s wonderful camp-slasher-rock-opera playing in front), we revisit Todd’s previous review.]The sky is falling, bizarre
ATTACK THE BLOCK See this now.
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
See this now. Cowboys and Aliens can wait. Attack the Block is opening in seven measly cities around the country and it needs wider release. Attack the Block should be seen by anyone who has ever been
Call It Overhyped, But ATTACK THE BLOCK Is Still Pretty Terrific (Blu-Ray Review)
By Twitchfilm.com on October 26, 2011
Title of this review aside, I’m not about to spend much in the way of intellectual effort in dealing with the altogether valueless question of whether Attack the Block was overhyped, hyped, underhyped
Sitges 2011: ATTACK THE BLOCK Review
By Twitchfilm.com on October 6, 2011
[With Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block screening tonight in Sitges we take a moment to remind you that this movie is awesome.]The sky is falling, bizarre meteor-like chunks of rock crashing to earth all
ATTACK THE BLOCK Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 26, 2011
The sky is falling, bizarre meteor-like chunks of rock crashing to earth all around a low rent, inner city council estate. But these are no mere space rocks. They are containers, vessels carrying within
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Attack the Block Review
By Stephen Beeston on November 20, 2012
Given that Attack the Block is a sci-fi horror flick about aliens attacking a group of hoodies in a London council block, you’d be forgiven for thinking the most ghastly sight in the movie would be… read review
A classic formula in a fresh setting makes this work
By Henrik Schunk on January 13, 2012
A very stylized take on the Alien Invasion genre. I say stylized but I am not talking about the visual handicraft but the regional context. Cornish takes a dead horse and transplants it into a territoty… read review
ATTACK THE BLOCK [2011]
By Jesse Taylor on November 22, 2011
The social commentary becomes kind of heavy-handed if you ask me, but everything else is spot on. It’s an alien invasion movie about a group of gang kids who group together to fight back. It’s simple… read review
The most fun I've had this year.
By MisterNovember on September 4, 2011
Old school dopeness. It’s like Goonies meets Shaun of the Dead meets Independence Day. The whole alien invasion thing has been recycled as hell lately, but Joe Cornish found a way to make this thing… read review
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fresh, exciting and highly recommended!
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