Attack the Block

I have to admit I was too choked up during the final 70 minutes of this film to notice too much, except that primates run amok and threaten to ruin everything, and not to generalize but that sounds awfully familiar. I imagine the filmmakers were saying something about their own impact on our fragile blue ball. I saw this with a couple of people and they found my assessment laughable, but I wouldn’t want to face up to it if I were them either.

That’s not what got the waterworks going for me, though. What stabbed me through the heart was [*spoiler alert!*] the brave canine who was first into the fray, and then first to cross the rainbow bridge in an effort to save his bipedal friends (who, it should be noted, stood and yelled but didn’t follow. Thanks, pals). I defy any hackles not to rise when his final yelps are heard echoing through the night. I myself was so riled, I nearly bit someone (nb: I do not condone biting except in cases of self-defense, or cats).

Attack the Block is one of the best canine dramas I have seen all year, if you can ignore the insensitive people laughing at it.