In a fictional but exciting story. The story tells of a gang of tough city children who kidnap Sam when she returns home to a horrific tower south of London. After the kidnapping, Sam managed to escape from the gang when a strange creature fell from the sky, where many chases occurred. Shortly thereafter, a large group of alien creatures falls, but this time creatures may be much larger, as these creatures can destroy everything. Eventually Sam and the children find themselves trapped and Sam must escape through them because they are the only hope.
Here is a shaggy monster movie that pulls double-duty as a satire of class and ethnic barriers, and how those barriers quickly disappear when we are forced to fight for our simple survival.
The premise is outlandish, the special effects simple, and the cast largely unknown. But Cornish has kept his film short and sharp and given us characters we want to see survive. The result is a blast.
Attack the Block isn't a great movie, but it's fueled by a sense of energy that still makes it somewhat irresistible regardless of its (sometimes far too obvious) flaws.
"Attack the Block" demands to be seen simply because it is a thrill - a pulse-raiser whose perfect construction and pointed wit make it one of the year's most exciting films.
The movie's amateurishly made. But the script is full of little surprises.
LarsenOnFilm
April 25, 2014
Poses a tongue in cheek question - "What's scarier, hostile extra-terrestrials or black youth?" - and then riffs on the sad reality that many people would say the latter.
