NEW YORK – In Hollywood -in-peril movies, the protagonists – aside from a token nerd or two — usually have flawlessly sculpted noses, great hair, toned gym bodies and excellent teeth. Their most reprehensible behavior might be skipping class or talking back to a parent. One of the many delights of the fast and funny Brit alternative, Attack the Block, is that the ragtag, inner-city gang besieged by hostile aliens are junior thugs from the projects, which makes their redemption all the more winning. The ripe remake potential here is a no-brainer, but the unassuming charms of this Screen Gems pickup, with its irresistible blend of the rough-edged with the slick, give Attack the Block a shot at attracting some culty attention on its own merits. A popular TV and radio comic in the U.K., writer-director Joe Cornishis a co-scripter on Steven Spielberg’s year-end release The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, and the forthcoming Marvel feature, Ant-Man. On both those projects he works with Edgar Wright, who figures here as executive producer. Wright’s British features, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, tweak their respective genres (zombie flicks and cop action movies) with humor. By contrast, Cornish’s debut sticks to his chosen formula while freshening it with a specific urban identity, localized slang and scrappy but likable anti-heroes whose attitude outweighs their smarts. Pedal-to-the-metal pacing doesn’t hurt either. The setting is a South London ‘hood, where the action unfolds over a single night. The racially mixed gang led by surly 15-year-old Moses (John Boyega) is first seen on the street relieving Sam (Jodie Whittaker), a young nurse, of her cash, phone and jewelry at knife-point. It’s Guy Fawkes Night, so a meteor-like projectile careening toward them just looks like more fireworks until it crashes through the roof of a parked car. Checking the wrecked auto for valuables, Moses gets a nasty scratch from a creature lurking inside. All tough-guy bravado, he chases the thing up a dark hillside to kill it. Bad idea. Watch Attack the Block Movie Online He stashes the unidentifiable carcass in the apartment of permanently baked weed dealer Ron (Nick Frost), where educated stoner Brewis (Luke Treadaway) verifies that it’s no species he ever encountered in zoology studies. But while they contemplate what it might fetch on eBay, dozens more aliens come raining down. Jet-black furballs that bound along like apes on all fours, their chomping jaws full of glow-in-the-dark razor teeth (think faceless Critters that sprint rather than roll), these invaders smell pheromones and are hell-bent on payback. To View The Full HD : free movies online for free
