Four Lions
2010, 94 minutes
Satirical comedy about four British suicide terrorists eager to make a grand Jihad gesture, but not exactly cut out for that kind of work. Film critic Kevin Toma believes this is as shocking and hilarious a movie about degenerated religious fanaticism can get.
Omar is a devoted Muslim who decides to make a powerful and ultimate statement against a sinful society. The team that Omar composes, however, is a bunch of simpletons with very unconventional and hilarious ideas: equipping birds with a bomb, a video message with hip hop influences and shelling the internet. The question is whether Omar and his partners with their half-hearted methods pose a real threat to the safety of their country, or only to themselves.Director Christopher Morris fights terrorism with a very effective weapon: humor. The four failed terrorists undeniably tickle the audience’s funnybone. Four Lions shows us that apart from being ideologists, these suicide bombers have quite simply gone berzerk.
Credits
- Themes
- Identity, Terrorism, War and armed conflict
- Suitable for
- havo/vwo - bovenbouw
mbo - niveau 1 & 2 - Director
- Christopher Morris
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Fiction
- Duration
- 94 minutes
- Year
- 2010
- Age rating
- 6 angst geweld grof taalgebruik