Attack the Block (2011)

88 min · Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, comedy film, comedy horror, coming-of-age film, hood film, monster film, science fiction film

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Directors

Joe Cornish

Cast

Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, Franz Drameh, Simon Howard, Maggie McCarthy

The story

On Guy Fawkes Night, trainee nurse Samantha Adams is mugged and violently attacked by a gang of teenage hoodlums from South London: Pest, Dennis, Jerome, Biggz and leader Moses. When a meteorite falls from the sky into a nearby car, Samantha escapes. As Moses searches the wreck of the car for valuables, his face is scratched by a dog-sized alien creature.

Catalogue themes and tags

Alien Life-Form, District, Extraterrestrial Technology, Flying Saucers, Gang War, Gang of Youths, Gegenwart, London, Marsmenschen, alien invasion, Horror, Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Comedy

Genres

Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, comedy film, comedy horror, coming-of-age film, hood film, monster film, science fiction film

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