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Emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce
- Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
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Plot. Four radicalised British Muslim men living in Sheffield (three of whom are British Pakistani) aspire to become suicide bombers: Omar, who is deeply critical of Western society and interventionism; his dim-witted and anxious cousin Waj; Barry, a bad-tempered and rash English convert; and the naive Faisal.
Nov 4, 2010 · "Four Lions," sold as the "Dr. Strangelove" of suicide-bomber movies, is a British farce starring Riz Ahmed as the charismatic leader of a terrorist gang that plans to attack the London...
Jul 30, 2020 · The result was the beloved and quote-packed 2010 film Four Lions, which follows four bumbling wannabe jihadis as they plan to blow up the London marathon. A box office and critical hit, it was a...
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Oct 22, 2010 · In “Four Lions,” a farce that recognizes the limits of humor and the existence of tragedy, comedy is a means of illuminating the rhetorical confusion and knee-jerk pieties surrounding a ...
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
Nov 5, 2010 · “Four Lions.” MPAA rating: R for language throughout including some sexual references. Running time: 1 hour, 42 minutes. At Landmark’s Regent Theatre, Westwood.
Jun 11, 2020 · On paper, Four Lions is a film about a gang of fundamentalists who load up a van full of nail bombs and blow themselves up in the middle of London. They’re clearly all awful murderers, but by...
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