Four Lions
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Four Lions
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Chris Morris' Four Lions is a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud comedy that illuminates the war on terror through satire and farce. Four Lions proves that while terrorism may be about ideology, it's also about idiots. In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it's a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He'd realize he joined the cell to channel his nihilism - if he had half the self knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb - but he can't blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has "started eating newspaper". Instead he's training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face?
- Director
- Chris Morris
- Writers
- Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
- Actors
- Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar
- Genre
- Comedy
- Run Time
- 1 hour 42 minutes
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These guys are not charming; they're horrifying in their ignorance, and they cause real damage. But there's a weird relief to be found in the opportunity to laugh ourselves sick at their expense, if only for an instant.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 11.10.2010 -
Brilliantly incendiary.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine, 11.10.2010 -
Might this not have worked better, and conjured more startled outrage, as a mock documentary on TV?
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 11.14.2010 -
You laugh until the laughter turns to ashes in your mouth. And then you laugh some more.
A.O. Scott, New York Times, 11.05.2010
