Look, this is a nicely performed film which is kept quick and tight, but for a comic horror it's just not funny or horrifying enough.

| Aug 30, 2018

Not only is Attack the Block wickedly entertaining, but it's also well-written, suspenseful, whip-smart and moves rocket fast.

| Original Score: A | Sep 8, 2017

Attack the Block is essentially an action thriller and as such is effective.

| Oct 7, 2013

Attack the Block is the best popcorn flick of the entire summer, and I mean that as one heck of a gigantic compliment.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 27, 2012

Attack the Block attacks the alien invasion genre with wit, energy and a cheeky insolence that makes it out of this world.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 26, 2011

An energetic genre ride with social ambitions about race and class.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2011

"Attack the Block" demands to be seen simply because it is a thrill - a pulse-raiser whose perfect construction and pointed wit make it one of the year's most exciting films.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 19, 2011

The movie's amateurishly made. But the script is full of little surprises.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 18, 2011

It's exciting, and there is plenty of gore for fans of that sort of thing, but one wishes the mix of horror and comedy leaned a little more to the horror side of the equation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 18, 2011

It's a doozy, offering tight and imaginative camerawork, electric thrills, and a sharp, twisty script that plays like a social satire.

| Aug 8, 2011

A blast of imagination and wit and sheer nerve, an alien invasion movie twice as entertaining as the ones Hollywood has churned out all summer, made at a fraction of the cost.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 1, 2011

It's wall-to-wall sci-fi pop-culture bric-a-brac, yet it feels organic. There's something more at stake than the fate of a movie-ish Earth.

| Jul 31, 2011

Science-fiction buffs seeking a change of pace and fans of British pop culture shouldn't miss it.

| Jul 31, 2011

The line for this future cult hit starts here. Get in it before your friends tell you to.

| Original Score: 3.5/5.0 | Jul 29, 2011

Irreverently funny without ever being spoofy...The one-liners are hilarious, and Cornish has a deft touch at weaving social commentary on urban gentrification into the narrative.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 29, 2011

This spunky, low-budget British action-comedy proves once again that a smart script can breath new life into even the most tired of subjects.

| Jul 29, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2011

It's a mash up of Gremlins, E.T., a stoner comedy and a monster B-movie, delivered with a visual nod to 1970s teen gang films and reflecting the comedy smarts of, well, Joe Cornish.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2011

The cast is splendid, the script quick-witted and the action satisfying.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2011

A hilarious, slam-bang series of chases and battles that cross "Gremlins" with "Assault on Precinct 13"...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2011