One of the most-buzzed about films coming out of SXSW was Joe Cornish‘s Attach the Block. The sci-fi/horror/adventure/comedy had an LA screening last night and today, Empire unveiled two new clips. Produced by Edgar Wright, the film stars Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Simon Howard, Franz Drameh, and Leeon Jones.
Early rumors suggested that a US distributor may want to subtitle the film, but as you can see in these first clips, that would be absolutely ridiculous. After seeing this preview, I can’t wait to check out the film. Cornish seems to definitely carry the Wright vibe of mixing thrills and comedy effectively. See the clips below and the trailer here if you have yet to.
First Kill:
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Synopsis:
Attack the Block is a fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters. It turns a housing estate into a sci-fi playground. A tower block into a fortress under siege. And weapon-wielding teenage thugs into heroes. Think ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 only with monsters and a tower block. Or LA HAINE crossed with ALIENS. It’s inner city versus outer space.
Trainee nurse Sam is walking home to her flat in a scary South London tower block when she’s robbed by a gang of masked, hooded youths. She’s saved when the gang are distracted by a bright meteorite, which falls from the sky and hits a nearby parked car. Sam flees, just before the gang are attacked by a small alien creature that leaps from the wreckage. The gang chase the creature and kill it, dragging its ghoulish carcass to the top of the block, which they treat as their territory.
While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of meteors falls. Confident of victory against such feeble invaders, the gang grab weapons, mount bikes and mopeds, and set out to defend their turf. But this time the creatures are bigger. Much bigger. Savage, shadowy and bestial, they are hunting their fallen comrade, and nothing will stand in their way. THE ESTATE IS ABOUT TO BECOME A BATTLEGROUND. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her, and the block’s, only hope.
Attack the Block will hits UK theaters in May, but it somehow doesn’t have US distribution yet.
What do you think of the first clips?