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Four Lions

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• Comedy
• Crime/detective

• 2010
• Christopher Morris (2)
• 97 mins
• 15

Summary

Satirical black comedy starring Riz Ahmed as the leader of a group of British Asian friends seeking an outlet for their radicalised Islamist beliefs. Following an ill-fated trip to a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, the incompetent group decide to target the London Marathon.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Adam Smith

Satirist extraordinaire Chris Morris (TV's The Day Today and Brass Eye) makes his directorial debut with this audacious jihad comedy, pointing out that "terrorism is about ideology, but it's also about berks". The berks in question here are a group of hapless young Muslim men from the north of England, led by Omar (Riz Ahmed). They decide to become suicide bombers and then chaotically attempt to plan and commit a terrorist atrocity at the London Marathon. Some may feel that the subject matter should be off-limits to comedians, but there's nothing new about cinema mocking a dangerous enemy - just look at Charlie Chaplin's classic The Great Dictator. Morris's movie is very funny, occasionally emulating the faux quaintness of Ealing comedies, which were often much more barbed than they first appeared.Perhaps the most disturbing element of Four Lions is that, despite wanting to create murder on a vast scale - a grim fact the film doesn't dodge - the suicide bombers are a mostly likeable bunch.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameOmarRiz AhmedHassanArsher AliBarryNigel LindsayWajKayvan NovakFaisalAdeel AkhtarNegotiatorBenedict CumberbatchAliceJulia DavisMattCraig ParkinsonSofiaPreeya KalidasAhmedWasim ZakirMahmoodMohammad AqilMalcolm Storge MPAlex MacQueenSniperKevin EldonSniperDarren Boyd

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rolenameDirectorChristopher Morris (2)

Details

Theatrical distributor

Optimum

Released on

2010-05-07

Languages

English | Arabic | Punjabi | Urdu

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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