Before starting I just want to say sorry that I haven't done a review recently. I've been a bit preoccupied with exams recently and haven't watched many films. So thanks for sticking with me.
Attack The Block is the New Debut Sci Fi, Horror film directed by Joe Cornish (of Radio 6's Adam & Joe). It follows a gang of youths as they try to take one a army of massive scary aliens as they take on their council estate. All of the main characters are unknown actors playing the youths which is probably good as I don't think many professional actors would have been able to pull off as good a characterization as Cornish's leads did.
The film had a perfect mix of comedy & horror. With scenes being very tense to hilarious scenes featuring 2 nine year olds & trying to fight the aliens with toy guns & water pistols. One problem for the film may be that a lot of the language may not be understood by international audiences and if they have to be subtitled in it may lose some of the biggest laughs of the films. But all in all for a British audience (more so for a younger one) the language can be understood and the brilliant script helped it flourish.
Cornish talks about how he was inspired by the 80's Sci Fi film's like E.T in which is mix of social realism & Sci Fi, with E.T being as much about divorce as it is about a little alien. As he believes The British are great at Social Realism & quite good at Sci Fi no where near as good at combining them as Americans are. So with the setting of The Council Estate which he quotes as being a very "futuristic & science fictional."this mix of genres works very well.
The Aliens themselves are fantastic and simple with the majority of the shots being non CGI as Cornish wanted the character's reactions to be as natural as possible. The cast members say they felt very scared as there are massive black monsters running at full pelt towards them. The size & sound of them works very well and I don't know about the rest of the audience but I felt them very menacing. I won't give away to much but I thought the monsters are fab and If a well crafted monster is a essential for you, you won't be disappointed.
All In all in my opinion it that this film is a fantastic well crafted debut by Cornish and lives up to such great British films as Hot Fuzz & Shaun of The Dead. I Want To Watch It Again!
9.5/10
