Attack the Block is a 2011 British science fiction horror comedy action film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring John Boyega, Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, and Luke Treadaway. It was the film debut of Cornish, Boyega, and composer Steven Price. The film centres on a group of teenage street gang who ventures out to battle a savage alien incursion. With the invasive species jeopardising their vicinity in Southern London, they fight to succeed in their mission.