Attack The Block (2011)

Attack The Block (2011)
Directed By: Joe Cornish
Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Nick Park
Viewed: September 2011
Plot:

A small group of rowdy "hoodie" teenagers, lead by a young adult named Moses (John Boyega) discover an alien whilst mugging a woman (Jodie Whittaker), an kill it. This later escalates into an alien invasion on a small part of London. Moses hides the alien corpse in the apartment of a marjuana farmer and his friend (Nick Park). After discovering that the corpse is the incentive of the alien invasion, Moses destroys part of the marjuana farmer's apartment in order to kill the aliens, and is arrested.

Review: The entire movie takes place over the course of one night, so most of the lightly is rather low key, as most of the "sets" are lit by street lights, which really helps give the movie a mysterious feel to it. There is rather frequent use of non-diegetic music, sounding very much like a "John Carpenter"-esque electronic score, though this is stopped for some of the more shocking moments of the movie (when someone dies, etc.). This movies is shot almost entirely with mid-shots and close-ups, very rarely using the (extreme)long shots etc.