Attack the Block

Actors:  Jodie Whitaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, Nick Frost
Rating:  7 out of 10, An extremely interesting take on the old alien invasion motif.  A gang of young toughs start out mugging a helpless girl and then team up with her to deal with an invasion of shaggy aliens in an inner city tenement.  Some of the dialogue was tough for a Yank to follow because of the thick accents.  Interesting to see a side of modern Britain not well explored in cinema that reaches our shore – this was definitely not Jane Austen territory.  Not a D’Arcy in sight (thank God) but some pretty well done action scenes and a very interesting young cast; especially Boyega who has some real screen presence.  Nick Frost shows up for some reason that’s never really explained – kind of wasted in this.  A fun movie but the “heroes” were awful hard to root for.   
MVP:  Boyega as Moses the natural leader of the gang