Attack the Block vs Men in Black

Men in Black has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Attack the Block). Attack the Block is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 38m. Men in Black is the older of the two (1997 against 2011). Both are action, comedy, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Attack the Block posterAttack the Block2011 VS Men in Black posterMen in Black1997
Attack the BlockMen in Black
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.2/10
Year20111997
Length1h 28m1h 38m
GenresAction, Comedy, Science FictionAction, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Country–United States of America
DirectorJoe CornishBarry Sonnenfeld
Main castNick Frost, Franz Drameh, Luke Treadaway, John Boyega, Jodie WhittakerTony Shalhoub, Tommy Lee Jones, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn

Synopsis

Attack the Block

A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

Men in Black

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

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