Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Tower Block Invasion


Attack the Block (2011)

Joe Cornish makes his directorial debut with this film staring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost. Teenage members of a street gang have to deal with an alien invasion of the tower block they live in.

Superficially this is a great little low budget action film with plenty of thrills and spills to entertain. Under the surface this film has a lot to say about urban youth culture, using the fantastical events to make the characters face up to the consequences of their actions which they normally ignore. The best performance is from John Boyega but all the young characters have some real personality that help carry the film.

5/5

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