Film Review - Attack the Block (2011)

Attack the Block concerns a group of young kids led by Moses (John Boyega) who mug a young woman walking home from the Tube Station in a South London council estate, but whilst doing so an alien capsule lands on a nearby car which the young kids kill, soon more aliens land and the fight for the block begins.

I’d heard a lot about Attack the Block before I saw it but was still really looking forward to it due to the director Joe Cornish and producer Edgar Wright, with that how was it?

Well, to my surprise it exceeded my expectations and the film itself was a whole lot of fun and highly energetic, Cornish imbues the film with a very unique feel with slang that reminded me of the first Mad Max film in that it was colourful and added to the identity of the film itself.

Though the biggest influence for me was Aliens, in terms of the pacing, the tension and the creatures themselves which are quite a sight and much better than the Chimera type alien in JJ Abrams’s Super 8 which you never really got a good look at, here you get the chance to see the alien in its full glory and in action which is very tense at times.

All in all, a fun British alien invasion flick worth your time and money, 3 and a half out of 5.