I have heard nothing – literally nothing – but positive things said about Joe Cornish’s ATTACK THE BLOCK, which made its world premiere last month at the SXSW Film Festival. (Read our review HERE.) The flick, which sees a group of street toughs take on an alien invasion, was executive produced by Edgar Wright, which should tell you enough about its tone, entertainment value and likability quotient.
All that to say it’s no big surprise that it’s finally found a major distributor to help spread its awesomeness across the land. Said distributor is Sony’s Screen Gems division, which regularly puts out RESIDENT EVIL and UNDERWORLD movies. This is an unusual move for them, but one that no doubt will put them in the good graces of the fanboys eager to see something fresh.
Starring Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost, ATTACK THE BLOCK goes like this:
Attack the Block follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who rob Sam (Whittaker) as she is walking home in a scary South London tower block. She flees when the gang is attacked by a small alien creature which falls from the sky. While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of creatures falls. The gang grabs weapons, mount bikes, and set out to defend their turf. But this time, the creatures are much bigger. Savage and bestial, nothing will stand in their way. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her only hope.
The film opens in the UK on MAY 11th; no North American release date has yet been decided.
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