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6.7/10
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A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 19 wins & 39 nominations total
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- TriviaWhen doing research for the film, Joe Cornish asked one of the girls, "What would you think of this creature if you found it?" The girl said, "I wouldn't touch it, don't want to get chlamydia." That quote went straight into script; many lines were taken directly from research.
- GoofsIt seems that Pest has a magical backpack. As the gang pulls out and uses all of his fireworks, in a minute more magically appear.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Projector: Attack the Block (2011)
- SoundtracksSound of Da Police
Written by Alan Lomax, Eric Burdon, Bryan Chandler, Lawrence Parker, Erick Sermon, and Showbiz (as Rodney Lemay)
Performed by KRS-One
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
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Made with less than one tenth of SUPER 8 budget, this movie gets twice more entertainment while delivering social messages instead of shallow fake nostalgia. A gang of teenagers (mostly black but from other ethnic groups too) rob a woman/nurse on her way home. A sudden explosion and something falling from the sky, allow the woman to escape. When the gang's leader checks what happened is attacked by an extraterrestrial creature. The group kills the thing and take the body with them hoping to make a few squids out of the strange creature. From there, things get really ugly; when more bigger beasts fall from the sky, police and some gangsters show up; everybody pursuing the gang. The action does not stop. No unnecessary romances, or tear breaking scenes; just a few commentaries about life in those marginal neighborhoods. The acting of the teenage members is excellent. Every one of them has a brief time to deploy their character but all of them have enough charisma to succeed. In brief, do not expect Hollywood overproduced and unrealistic special effects here only real fun.
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- Tổng Tấn Công
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- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,024,175
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $139,506
- Jul 31, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $6,206,022
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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