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DVD: Attack the Block (OPTIMUM)

Reviewed,Nicholas Barber
Sunday 18 September 2011 00:02 BST
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When alien invaders maraud through a south London council estate, it’s down to a bunch of teenage delinquents to fight back. Joe Cornish of The Adam and Joe Show makes an impressive debut as a writer director with this polished, action packed horror comedy (closer to horror than comedy). But it would have been better if it had more plot twists and fewer lectures on the importance of hugging a hoody.

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