Infamousta
brilliant actors, brilliant editing
Winifred
The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
Wyatt
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
The Movie Diorama
Although that's not saying much, let's be honest. Aliens tend to strike landmarks or major capital cities. We've seen the White House explode, The Great Wall of China infiltrated and the Golden Gate Bridge destroyed. So it's quite refreshing to focus all the science fiction energy into a block of flats on the outskirts of London, but that is where the originality ends. The plot is as simple as you think, aliens fall from the sky and hunt down a group of youths in a council estate where they must defend themselves and save the planet. British B-Movie goodness is the best way to describe this unusual flick. Illustrating the intimidation of youths ("chavs" between you and I) that lurk in the darkness which is then turned around to view them as fearful. It subtly conveys the adaption these delinquents need to make in order to fit into the environment they reside in, where they are simply forgotten about. However, any meaningful themes are tossed aside to make way for simple entertainment. "Black gorilla wolves" galloping through dimly lit corridors, screeching with their neon blue jaws. Extremely basic designs yet these extraterrestrials are certainly memorable. Acting was functional, Boyega and Whittaker shining above the rest. My judgement for this film simply comes down to my own personal taste, which is why I think it is mediocre at best. I physically cannot stand the accent. "Oi fam I'll merk u boi init, don't touch me fam yeah? I'll cuss u.". It's like a complete different language, I honestly need the subtitles on. The rapid execution of dialogue means I can't keep up with what is being said, therefore negating any humour that is injected into the screenplay. Speaking of the script, it's hit and miss. The British wit works well but, again, some of the lines really don't have any effect on me. The film pretty much starts immediately, leaving no time for character development or backstory. As a consequence, the characters are expendable. Perfectly watchable sci-fi, just not to my taste.
iNickR
The savvy Joe Cornish pens and directs this easy, low budget, British sci-fi-action-comedy that reaffirms my love of independent cinema. Like many good indie flicks, Attack the Block is well acted, well shot, well designed and well directed.The technical side, although not perfect, is pretty sick. With a great use of camera angles, lights, and music, the viewer is dragged kicking and screaming into anxiety-ridden action. Even the "gorilla-wolf mf's" with the teeth gone "rave" are a riot.Bruv, for an English movie, I had to turn the English subtitles on, fam. The dialogue between the brethren is bare slang. Ironically, it is this mad mash-up of the Queen's English that helps make this monte aight. Have your urban app standing by to translate if you're born in the 70's or earlier.Nick Frost (without his BFF Simon Pegg) plays a minor role (pity), but John Boyega, who was 19 (19!) when Attack the Block was made (his first feature), and veteran British actress Jodie Whittaker, are your main protagonists who hold their own.Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
dissident320
In terms of casting, this movie did a perfect job. Everyone is great, right down to the younger kids. And a large amount of the actors have gone on to be quite successful so the director chose well.In terms of the story and setup, it's all fine. They're attacked by alien creatures and they have to protect 'the block'. I had some issues with the overall execution of this premise. Its setup seems like it's going to be a bit goofier than it actually ends up being. It's not really a fun movie at all. The action is coherent for the most part and nicely shot. But it's very violent and is almost like a horror movie at times. I think Nick Frost was supposed to be the comic relief but he has barely more than a cameo of screen time compared to everyone else.It's an above average lower budget action movie but it only wants to dip its toe in humour and cheesy-ness despite having a fairly cheesy premise.
airsnob
So I actually bought this movie - rented - after I read the reviews and saw the ratings and , I mean, people were raving about this movie like it was made of gold. Now see I live in a country where Trump is president so it all makes sense now. People just like dumb sh**. So basically if you're over 30 and you stopped smoking weed ( that's a big one) this movie is just going to be dumb. Idk, maybe it's me- I don't like drug movies either ... i mean if you're not impressed by gangs or English slang / Ebonics, this won't be that great. It's a kids movie and I imagine kids who relate with the characters... to me , I just from the very first scene I wanted the lead actor to die and get killed by the alien. I couldn't believe that the movie was going to actually be about this group of punk kids.. but again, makes total sense nowadays . j didn't think it was funny or smart or anything. But I lived a pretty crazy lifestyle for most of my youth and I'm just over it .. smoked more weed all that. I think this movie is for people who wish they lived like this or kinda think they are like this in their heads or the other option. Just immature and stupid with really easy to meet needs as far as film goes - action, etc. I don't want to sound like Debbie downer- I mean the acting is great , the script is realistic. As far as dialogue, and it's a well produced movie. Its cute . I just wanted to warn the adults out there that this is not the movie for you if you're smart and like I said over 30 and stopped smoking weed. It isn't even entertaining - because if you don't think smart ass kids or smoking weed or gang mentality and gang bangers are funny or cool you'll just be bored as fu**. That is basically the only thing to the movie .. the plot is simple.
