Attack the Block Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

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  • This week Gary and Iain review and discuss, Attack the Block (2011) by Director, Joe Cornish. Starring, John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail and Nick Frost.
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  • @Geospasmic
    @Geospasmic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really like that they subverted the common trope of "no phone signal" with the kids running out of minutes on their phones, cutting them off from help, because they come from poor families and all have prepaid phones. It's hard to do lack of communication in modern movies because cellphones are so common. And of course the monster design is fantastic, love those glowing teeth.

  • @TheMikeskillz
    @TheMikeskillz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I can understand some people being turned off by the gang being protagonists. what pissed me off was movies like Goodfellas have worse characters, doing worse acts, yet never got the same amount of hate as the gang in this movie.

    • @DDHero2806
      @DDHero2806 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's because "Goodfellas" is a really good film, this is not.

  • @backtoearth1983
    @backtoearth1983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The movie opens with a defecting Storm Trooper mugging the 13th Doctor

  • @DarthPyrusTheVirus
    @DarthPyrusTheVirus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The alien design is chilling. Reminds me of Critters.

    • @TheWaynos73
      @TheWaynos73 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reminds me of a Gorillaz video

  • @jamesaitchison9478
    @jamesaitchison9478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Attack The Block is a gem of a film, i saw it on Film 4 a few years ago and i thought it was fantastic, loved it.
    A great review again guys, you really are well clued up on you're fan films, particularly some overlooked ones that only fans of the Genre might know or have seen.
    Top stuff guys.

  • @maryray4960
    @maryray4960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Finally internet reviewers that ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING

  • @GamingMediocrity
    @GamingMediocrity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can understand where you guys are coming from with regards to the protagonists being bad kids, but I got the impression very early on in the film that there was going to be some sort of redemption for them.
    I grew up in a place a lot like this so I think it's possible that my lived experience could be biasing me, as I knew people who were very similar to these kids.

  • @ALoonwolf
    @ALoonwolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This film is like a blueprint for what Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker could have been, and what interesting companions she could have taken away with her. The main character, who needed to be shown a better way to live and view his future, his hot sister or whoever she was, and the guy with the injured leg for comic relief.

  • @DomJuanDellaNooch83
    @DomJuanDellaNooch83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You nailed it on the head. Im an american and when i first saw this I gave up after the mugging and had to come back to the film later on. I live in Orlando Florida where many people own guns and have concealed licenses but muggings don't happen that often. Street gangs focus on other crimes down here. Btw love these reviews. Keep up the good work!

  • @goji-chan1742
    @goji-chan1742 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The beginning creature looks like wildmutt from Ben 10

    • @ariannewingard1660
      @ariannewingard1660 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I thought when I saw the movie .

  • @jarnopesonen8727
    @jarnopesonen8727 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Attack the Block is a little gem.

  • @ScreamingScallop
    @ScreamingScallop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just so you know: I've watched and read several reviews of AtB already, but this is the one that convinced me to finally buy and watch it. Thanks, guys!

  • @tman1782
    @tman1782 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loved this film glad I found you dudes channel

  • @mellanie7598
    @mellanie7598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sometimes the bad guys are the greatest heroes, I love this movie

  • @dennisalvarado5134
    @dennisalvarado5134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're all right. Good fucking review as always.

  • @carlosarmandovegavazquez7038
    @carlosarmandovegavazquez7038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoop, whoop! It's the sound of the police.
    Whoop, whoop! It's the sound that I miss.

  • @MegaMyrow
    @MegaMyrow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man your reviews rock guys keep on keeping on

  • @RetroRanter
    @RetroRanter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I need a weed room 😂 👌

  • @terryburns184
    @terryburns184 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yeah, the bedroom scene was so good and sad

  • @TheWaynos73
    @TheWaynos73 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good review! ALLOW IT!

  • @davidskime1613
    @davidskime1613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    anyone know what the song at the end is called ?

  • @canislupus2469
    @canislupus2469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm thinking about giving you some tips for an''attack the block to '' I'm your # 1 fan and I really like it

  • @TheTEAMBUTLER
    @TheTEAMBUTLER 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So what's the twist. How did it end?

    • @EcclyBV
      @EcclyBV 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheTEAMBUTLER It was all a dream.

    • @EthanolTailor
      @EthanolTailor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nah good point they forgot to mention it, it was that the aliens were only chasing after anyone who touched the white one at the beginning because the aliens are just a bunch of randy males, after the white one's female pheromones.

    • @kialoves2543
      @kialoves2543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EthanolTailor I was looking for this very comment lol.

  • @commanderkruge
    @commanderkruge 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the movie - it's creepy and funny and has nailbiting tense scenes and indeed Moses rocks. The whole gang did. I really cared for them, because the filmmaker and the actors achieved something rarely seen in US horror movies - they gave the characters debth. They're not the standard 2 dimensional horror teen cutouts (all together now: THE JOCK, THE GEEK, THE SLUT, THE VIRGIN...) but actual, believable people.
    Thus it's so much more scary once you realize, that people get killed.
    Another thing I really like here - and find it similar in stuff like Torchwood or Doctor Who - is the "spirit". The movie and the series have (amongst others) the central theme of totally ... "regular people" standing up against horrible shit, not just because "they have too", but because of a sense of responsibility - they might be criminal shits, but now their BLOCK is attacked and they're not going to have it. They stand up for their community.
    Also: The Star Wars thing - it really is our little trooper, blimey! And indeed Attack had me thinking "THAT guy knows his job! Great acting talent!"

  • @chaz9808
    @chaz9808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    every movie after this has been awful for John Boyega which is sad since he seems to be able to act pretty well.

  • @EthanolTailor
    @EthanolTailor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was like 12 when i watched this and still to me the scariest horror movie I've seen, one of my all time favourites.

  • @WildFungus
    @WildFungus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I uh kept hearing good things about this movie, maybe it reads better if you're from the UK but I could not watch it, I tried very hard. I didnt even realize they were gangers they just talk like they're in the Streets.

  • @lieutenantomega40k69
    @lieutenantomega40k69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This film is ALIENS and TGF BRO mix in to one

  • @cristerowarrior1450
    @cristerowarrior1450 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember that movie. It was awesome

  • @travisgates6623
    @travisgates6623 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great movie, great review! Well done.

  • @robinclear1610
    @robinclear1610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Attack the block

  • @bentramer682
    @bentramer682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Woop Woop that's da sound of da police!

  • @darran311
    @darran311 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brewis is me , at least the awkwardness he has anyway ....

  • @jillsmith1942
    @jillsmith1942 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    was funny film

  • @Chris-ci8vs
    @Chris-ci8vs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I thought this was one of the worst modern films I have ever seen. Waste of time and money.

    • @EthanolTailor
      @EthanolTailor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, well, that's just, like, er, your opinion, man.

    • @EthanolTailor
      @EthanolTailor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      also u could explain it