A Belgian action thriller set inside a 17-storey housing project in Antwerp has drawn its first major trade review, with Variety publishing its take on Attack on Paradise on 26 July 2026.

The film is directed by Bob Colaers and built around Saïd Boumazoughe, a Belgian-Moroccan performer who carries a "created by" credit, a writing credit, and the lead role of Suleyman — a man released from prison after seven years, returning to the tower block he once knew (Variety). Boumazoughe and Colaers spoke about the project in a 23 July interview with Eye for Film, discussing the origins of the story and the production process (Eye for Film).

Attack on Paradise screened at the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, a genre-focused showcase that has become a key launch pad for international action and horror cinema. The Fantasia listing dates the film's Canadian appearance to 19 July 2026 (Fantasia Festival). A teaser trailer was exclusively debuted by Dread Central ahead of that world premiere, giving genre audiences an early look at the film's high-rise setting and combat sequences.

The cast reads like a roll-call of the tower block's underworld. Fatima Khanfour plays Fatma, Suleyman's mother. Achmed Akkabi plays Prince, the crime boss who controls the building. Clara Claymans plays Yasmine, a police officer operating inside the complex. Jamal Ben Saddik appears as The Lion, a brutish professional boxer. Rudy Mukendi plays Minza, a former Congolese child soldier. Soroush Helali is Tchuko, an Albanian gun runner. Imanuelle Grives plays Nikita, who oversees drug deals and is Suleyman's ex-girlfriend. All character details come from Variety's review (Variety).

Behind the camera, Steven Vanvolsem served as cinematographer and Brian Ent as editor, according to the same review. Production companies listed on the project include A Team Productions, Aattache Films, and Blue Finch Films (IMDb). The film is also known under the title Paradise, and has been categorised as an action thriller on IMDb's news pages, where it has drawn comparisons to The Raid — the 2011 Indonesian martial-arts siege film whose single-location structure it echoes.

For fans of the genre, that comparison is the selling point: a confined setting, a roster of escalating adversaries, and a protagonist fighting floor by floor through a building controlled by a crime boss. Whether Attack on Paradise delivers on that promise is a matter for the reviewers; Variety has now filed its verdict, and the Fantasia audience has had its first look.

The film does not yet have a widely listed theatrical or streaming release date beyond its festival and Canadian screenings, so wider audiences will be watching for acquisition news in the coming weeks.