Attack the Block [Blu-ray]

This is an awesome movie where young thugs learn there is more to life than just theft and drugs. The hard way. Even better the bad guys get karma. Who could ask for more! Oh yah epic alien attack dogs! Don't judge it just because of where its filmed or the beginning core actors. This movie has depth to it and if you cant see that then your blind. Absolutely love this movie I sincerely hope there is some day, a sequel!

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Joe Cornish's ATTACK THE BLOCK is a great alien invasion film that isn't really about aliens at all. Sure, it's got aliens. But it's about the kids - it's about anger and rage and disappointment and what it feels like to grow up disenfranchised and disrespected and lost and hopeless. Fifteen-year-old Moses is bitter and looks much older than he really is. He lives alone with his ne'er-do-well uncle in a ghetto neighborhood in London. He and his hoodie friends roam the streets attacking innocent passersby, talking trash, and hiding from the cops. We don't like Moses or his friends - they reminded me of Alex and his "droogs" in Kubric's "Clockwork Orange." But as the film progresses we come to suspect that Moses is a product of the world in which he lives. "Actions have consequences," Joe Cornish tells us in this film. Moses's decision to attack a young woman named Sam and his decision to track and kill a strange creature that slashes his face have consequences - and those consequences are horrible. But at the same time, Moses himself is seen as the consequence of so many other people's actions - his uncle who is "here and there" but mostly missing; the police who seem clueless and incompetent; the adults who should be role models but who are selling drugs or shooting up the place. We don't like Moses, but we come to understand him. And actor John Boyega is amazing playing this young man. He's anger personified, but there's so much more there under the surface. Boyega's eyes alone communicate a world of emotion and experience.All that said, I must admit that the aliens themselves are a bit disappointing. We see very little of the first alien until it's dead, and even then we never get a good look at it (I didn't mind that so much - in fact Cornish might have been wise to follow this same plan for the rest of the film as well). The second wave of aliens, however, presents more of a problem for me. The aliens honestly look like the grass creature things from Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" ("Scrunts" - sort of big shaggy bear-like creatures with lots of teeth). This is not a good thing. I know this is a low-budget film, so special effects will be limited, but these creatures just don't say "aliens" to me. They were scary and strange, but I couldn't quite see them as traveling through space.But since I really don't think this movie is about the aliens, I can't complain too much about how they actually look (and maybe Cornish's point is that "aliens" come in many forms and attack from many directions). ATTACK THE BLOCK is an extremely exciting movie about the struggle to remain human in the face of attacks from all sides (and it's not an easy struggle). By the time we get to the film's climax, Moses is no longer the angry fifteen-year-old hoodlum we see in that opening scene. He's changed, and so have we as viewers.ATTACK THE BLOCK is surprising on many levels. It's worth watching. It's worth buying. I loved it.

This movie will turn off a lot of people quickly, and that is too bad. At the start, a group of street punks mug a young woman, and they fit the type of neighborhood hoods that are at the bottom of society. And they run the area on motorbikes and bicycles. But during the mugging, something from space lands, and out comes an alien creature. The creatures are a bit inventive. Anyway, more and more of them come down, killing and hunting the gang, who hole up in the building (block). One of them gets bitten, and they break into a woman’s apartment, and it turns out she is a nurse, and the woman they mugged. (That is where I got the heading of my review). Once one gets over the stereotypes, it turns out these are not terrible kids, and there actually isn’t that much foul language. They are not terrible kids, but they are involved in a lot of petty crime, so they are not angels. But they are fighting for their lives. There actually is a lot of dry humor, and it really has the appearance of being realistic for the flats and the people living there. What is interesting is that once they figure out they are in real danger, out comes a lot of different weapons that could be used to defend themselves. And being in England, they aren’t all having guns. I was really pleasantly surprised, as this is a very different alien invasion type of movie. These may be kids that society has put on the bottom rung, but they know how to survive.

When the producers who brought you the horror comedy "Shawn of the Dead" are involved, you can expect the unexpected. I had a great time watching this clever, creative mashup of urban gang movie and alien invasion thriller, something no one to my knowledge has tried before. It's an auspicious debut by writer-director Joe Cornish and leading man John Boyega."Attack the Block" is full of kinetic action, complex characters, amusing dialog, and interesting twists on two genres. Set among the gritty council flats and lower classes of Britain, the film features a band of thugs as protagonists. They behave viciously at first, mugging a nurse in the opening scene, yet she eventually becomes an ally after aliens attack the tower block they share. The hoods evolve into a group that demonstrates ingenuity, bravery, loyalty, and even a kind of nobility in the face of common threats, human and nonhuman.The talented young cast, most of them complete novices, is thoroughly believable (the only actor you're likely to recognize is Nick Frost, who plays a comical pot grower). Their thick South London dialect and slang may prompt American audiences to turn on subtitles, but that won't interfere with your enjoyment. The furry, jet-black aliens, while not particularly sophisticated as special effects go, are implacably aggressive and genuinely scary as they leap on their victims and tear at them with glowing blue fangs. And what's an alien invasion without a good dose of grisly horror?A caution: If you order this item from an Amazon Marketplace reseller, you're likely to be shipped a bare-bones rental disc that contains the film and a few trailers but none of the worthwhile special features. Be sure to enquire before ordering whether the DVD on offer includes the bonus material. If so, the extras will be listed on the back cover of the case.There are three different commentary tracks from the director, producer, and actors, as well as "Behind the Block," an hour-long making-of documentary, and "Creature Feature," a 20-minute look at creating the aliens. Throw in a variety of shorts like "Meet the Gang," focusing on the young actors, and "Unfilmed Action," showing storyboards for scenes never filmed due to budget and time constraints, and you have a very full disc. All told, these features are considerably longer than the film itself and will substantially augment your viewing experience.This flick is a great ride, both entertaining and satisfying. Get on board, bruv. Trust!

This is a review of the standard Region B2 Blu-ray.This is a great British film, with loads of seriously scary moments, some excellent performances from the young (and mostly unknown or little known) cast, and lots of fun. It has all the ingredients we expect from a British film, including humour and a great feel for location, and it has gore and heroes in equal measures. A real feel-good film.

This film is going to get up people's noses on a number of fronts; but they'll all be over about 20 minutes in so just Stay Calm & Keep Watching; thereafter it is a really good adventure tale with a bit of detective work for you all to crack as regards the modus operandi of the monsters (who are very good indeed as is their motivation). The "Kids Are Alright" ending wasn't needed as far as the story goes. So often in Alien Invasion films the heroes discover something weird (the aliens are allergic to string!) but here the Aliens are not invulnerable, they are obviously being contained elsewhere but in the world of the block they are on a mission and it looks like they are winning.

The street gang culture and first 10 minutes of the film aren't great. If you can get past that and stay with it the film does improve and it's a reasonable story well told with some morals which I thought were ok.

Rude and filled with foul language. However, another politically incorrect and typically British, irreverent, and very funny movie! Pity about the initial short mugging scene, however set up the relational part, and redemptive. Very much an "F.U." mentality, but has a feel-good factor. Quirky movie that has a strange appeal - Thoroughly enjoyed it!

This movie is not too good the acting is OK in fact quite good but the special effects for the aliens is quite poor, a B movie hardly worth buying it on Blu Ray although it was cheap for a Blu Ray.