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Attack the Block, 2011

Starring: Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, Flaminia Cinque

Directed by: Joe Cornish

Written by: Joe Cornish

Language: English

Country: UK

Runtime: 88 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.7

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The mood of Attack the Block is witty, offbeat, and stylized. The plot centers around evil aliens, deadly creatures, and gangs. It is a comedy, action, and sci-fi movie. Stylistically, Attack the Block is talky. In approach, it is fantastical. The pacing is fast. Attack the Block takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. The setting is London. It happens in contemporary times. Attack the Block is known for being critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for teens and a boys' night. Note that it includes drugs/alcohol, profanity, and violent content.

Summary of Attack the Block

Attack the Block is a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters. It turns a London housing estate into a sci-fi playground. A tower block into a fortress under siege. And teenage street kids into heroes. It¹s inner city versus outer space.

Trainee nurse Sam is walking home to her flat in a scary South London tower block when she¹s robbed by a gang of masked, hooded youths. She¹s saved when the gang are distracted by a bright meteorite, which falls from the sky and hits a nearby parked car. Sam flees, just before the gang are attacked by a small alien creature that leaps from the wreckage. The gang chase the creature and kill it, dragging its ghoulish carcass to the top of the block, which they treat as their territory. While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of meteors fall. Confident of victory against such feeble invaders, the gang grab weapons, mount bikes and mopeds, and set out to defend their turf. But this time, the creatures are bigger. Much bigger. Savage, shadowy and bestial, they are hunting their fallen comrade and nothing will stand in their way. The estate is about to become a battleground. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her, and the block¹s, only hope.