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Attack the Block stems from an intriguing, clever idea: What if the neighborhood thugs you hope not to encounter on your walk home from the subway turn out to be the very people who save the Earth from alien invaders? The problem is that writer-director Joe Cornish — a cohort of Edgar Wright’s, and, along with Wright, one of the writers of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming The Adventures of Tintin — doesn’t take the idea quite far enough: He begins to explore some pretty complex racial and class issues, only to let them drift out of his grasp. The picture’s finale isn’t as smart as it ought to be. Cornish tries to make a damning social statement, but the only thing you take away from the movie is how cool it is to kick alien ass.

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REVIEW: Attack the Block Doesn’t Cut Deeply, But At Least Offers Lo-Fi Thrills