Attack the Block Review

Attack the Block review
I have seen this film twice now, and my first thoughts surrounding it was that I felt like it had no real grit or plot to really become enticed into. But after my second viewing of the film my negative vibe that I received off it first time round disappeared in some ways as I realised this was a very low budget film with no intention to have a difficult or complexed storyline or plot to it. So first to the good things about the film. I found myself very much interested in the main characters partly because although they all came from a similar background and lived in the same area, they were all kind of individual in a way, for example Moses who was almost known as the leader of the gang was a very unemotional guy who was not phased by much at all and generally didn’t get excited about issues, whilst others did, for instance Dennis who is very much the opposite. The fact that all the characters are very different appeals to me as it makes the entirety of the film increasingly more enjoyable. Another aspect that featured during the film that I recognised was the very good use of Camera angles and shots, I felt this really added something special to the film, for instance when Moses is being chased by the monsters in one of the late scenes in the film it is set in slow motion this gives the film a slight dramatical edge. Additionally one other reason that i enjoyed it was due to the sense of humour that was introduced throughout the film. Often sarcastic lines and witty banter was the main focus of comedy whilst the characters were in conversation. The comedy aspect to the film was enabled to be enforced in a good manor due to the fact that Jack Frost who is a well known actor who has starred in films such as ‘Hot Fuzz’ and ‘Paul’ was one of the main characters. He played Ron who was supposedly working for a drug dealer on the top floor of the block in Brixton where the film was set, Jack Frost whose trademark is comedy was able to really bring this aspect of the film forward to the audience and to make it recognisable. I felt that due to the comedy being introduced it made the film more light hearted and less heavy going. Some people would maybe say that the film could not be classified as being a Sci-Fi film which i agree with in some ways, as the film didn’t really focus and concentrate on the monsters as much as it could of done also the monsters who starred in the film lacked realism and the freight factor, this was largely influenced by the budget that the producer had to abide by which was only the miniscule some of 13 million dollars which may sound like a lot but in the film industry this is a very small amount and due to this Attack the Block is classified as an Art house production. This leads me on to another bad point about the film which is that the plot of the film doesn’t have seemed to be thought about well enough. I say this because the plot is very very simple in contrast to a lot of Sci-Fi movies which tend to be very complex and seem to get the brain working intensely.
So overall after a second viewing of the film I came to Attack the block for what it was more than what i wanted it to be. As you can see throughout my review of the film i feel that the good points actually outweigh the bad points that the film has attached to it. So due to this I would recommend it to anyone who would like to watch a slight humorous film which  at the same time is very light hearted.