Four Lions
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| Directed by | Chris Morris |
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Mark Herbert Derrin Schlesinger |
| Written by | Chris Morris Jesse Armstrong Sam Bain |
| Starring |
Riz Ahmed Kayvan Novak Nigel Lindsay Arsher Ali Adeel Akhtar |
| Cinematography | Lol Crawley |
| Edited by | Billy Sneddon |
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| Distributed by |
Optimum Releasing Drafthouse Films |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £2.5 million |
| Box office | £6.9 million |
Four Lions is a 2010 British black comedy film, directed by Chris Morris in his directorial debut, and written by Morris, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. The film is a jihad satire following a group of homegrown terrorist jihadis from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The first ever stage production of Four Lions was performed by Oxford University in February 2017 and took place at the Michael Pilch Studio at Balliol College.
A group of radicalised young British Muslim men aspire to be suicide bombers. They are Omar (Riz Ahmed), who is deeply critical of Western society and imperialism; his dim-witted friend, Waj (Kayvan Novak); Barry (Nigel Lindsay), a bad-tempered and extremely rash white convert to Islam; and the naive Faisal (Adeel Akhtar), who tries to train crows to be used as bombers. While Omar and Waj go to a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, Barry recruits a reluctant fifth member, Hassan (Arsher Ali). The visit to the training camp ends in disaster, with Omar misfiring a rocket backwards that kills fellow jihadists; however, he uses the experience to assert authority on his return to Britain.
The group begins acquiring materials for making improvised explosive devices but disagree about what to target. Barry wants to bomb a local mosque as a false flag operation to "radicalise the moderates", but Omar considers this idiotic. Faisal suggests blowing up a branch of the pharmacy chain Boots, but Omar states it is a not a worthwhile target. Hassan allows an oblivious neighbour (Julia Davis) into their safe house; the group think they have been compromised and transport their volatile explosives to a new location in grocery bags. Faisal accidentally trips in a field while carrying the explosives and blows up. This causes a row among the remaining four, who disband; but they reconcile, and Omar decides to target the upcoming London Marathon.
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