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Four Lions

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A group of young Muslim men living in Sheffield decide to wage jihad, and they hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers. Omar (Riz Ahmed) and Waj (Kayvan Novak) have a brief, disastrous run at a Pakistan training camp, while Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) works on an unlikely scheme to train birds to carry bombs. Their ill-conceived plan culminates at the London Marathon with their bumbling attempts to disrupt the event while dressed in outlandish costumes.
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Its premise suggests brazenly tasteless humor, but Four Lions is actually a smart, pitch-black comedy that carries the unmistakable ring of truth.

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Wendy Ide Times (UK) The satire loses its edge a little by making the jihadists such imbeciles, but it’s very funny nonetheless. Mar 17, 2023 Full Review Deborah Ross The Spectator It feels like a missed opportunity all the same... As far as slapstick and farce and knockabout buffoonery go, this is as good as anything but my point, I think, is that this could be about any group. Aug 30, 2018 Full Review Stephen Cole Globe and Mail [Morris's] new comedy has a provocative, ticklish premise -- five North England Muslims become suicide bombers, but can't decide who or what to take with them. Rated: 2/4 Feb 25, 2011 Full Review Ali Khoei emel It excels in that it centralises the humour around the feebleness of mind and inadequacies of the characters, rather than being insensitive to the actual shattering consequences of terrorism. Jul 21, 2021 Full Review Stuart McGurk NME (New Musical Express) Chris Morris' terrorism comedy is a work of satirical brilliance. Rated: 4/5 May 19, 2021 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Four Lions actually did manage to make terrorism seem a viable topic for parody. Oct 21, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Liam B In a world of political correctness gone mad, this film would never ever see the light of day if it was made today. Brilliant from start to finish. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/03/25 Full Review Matthew D It is a good movie but there can be times were it is very shocking and sad but it does have some amazing comedy scenes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review Johannes S Very good dark humour and jokes. Had a great laugh. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/16/25 Full Review Pramod P Its a great satire about religious fanatics. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/25 Full Review Barış Ä I actually hate tragicomedy, but this movie made an exception. Well, to be fair, the exception is just showing the tragi like it's comedic as well and laughing at it also. Every event is shown funnily, death and loss included. But, to show death as a comedic factor among the others, as cheap as it seems, adds flavor to this film. It's one laugh track away from abandoning its tragicomedy status and being a straight up comedy. It has decent writing, an interesting concept as a movie to begin with, and the story develops really fast, which I enjoyed. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/04/24 Full Review S. C Terrorism turned into a parody. Satirical with a rather surprisingly offensive premise, which is absolutely bold, refreshing and admirable. The cast is solid and the jokes vary from slapstick to clever, however there are some emotional notes to the plot. Essentially it is the script which the movie mainly relies on, which is also a social commentary at the same time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Christopher Morris

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Riz Ahmed

Omar

Arsher Ali

Hassan

Nigel Lindsay

Barry

Kayvan Novak

Waj

Adeel Akhtar

Faisal

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Synopsis A group of young Muslim men living in Sheffield decide to wage jihad, and they hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers. Omar (Riz Ahmed) and Waj (Kayvan Novak) have a brief, disastrous run at a Pakistan training camp, while Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) works on an unlikely scheme to train birds to carry bombs. Their ill-conceived plan culminates at the London Marathon with their bumbling attempts to disrupt the event while dressed in outlandish costumes.
Director
Christopher Morris
Screenwriter
Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Christopher Morris
Distributor
Alamo Drafthouse Films
Rating
R (Some Sexual References|Language Throughout)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 5, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$304.1K
Runtime
1h 42m
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