Monday, September 13, 2021

Movie review: Attack the Block

 

When hostile alien monsters invade an inner city housing project in London a teen gang steps up to protect the tower block and their home. As the battle escalates, unlikely alliances are made in hopes of defeating the alien invaders.

John Boyega (Moses), Jodie Whittaker (Sam), Alex Esmail (Pest), Leeon Jones (Jerome), Franz Drameh (Dennis), Simon Howard (Biggz), Maggie McCarthy (Margaret), Danielle Vitalis (Tia), Jumayn Hunter (Hi-Hatz).

Attack the Block begins with some character introductions that also serve as plot setup and paint the setting for us. The aliens quickly arrive and engage with a teen gang living in a London tower block, and the gang quickly digs in to protect their home. From there the film is a fast and somewhat funny action adventure flick that moves long at a good pace without taking itself too seriously.

Acting was okay with Boyega delivering reasonably well. Whittaker delivered nicely and actually fit the film fairly well. Esmail, Jones, Howard, and the remainder of the supporting cast were reasonably good.

Camera work, sets, and backgrounds were decent though a lot of darker scenes were challenging. VFX and creature effects were interesting and the film actually found a way to have alien monsters we could see without being able to see the alien monsters. Dialogue was okay and moved things along. Sound and soundtrack are fairly well done.

In the end Attack the Block is a fairly enjoyable sci-fi action adventure film with good technical work, acting, and a story that moves along well. Teens will likely enjoy this the most.

With a couple bits of mild sexuality, plenty of violence and gore, foul language, and potentially disturbing images, this should be fine for teens and above.

Released: 2011
Reviewed: 9.13.21
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Aliens

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