Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Moris
Producer: Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar, Craig Parkinson
Four Lions is a satire on Jihad and follows a group of men who claim to be Jihadi terrorists and are based in Sheffield England. In his directorial debut Chris Moris spins a tale of a group of five Muslims living in Sheffield England who after being radicalized by the society decide to join the Jihad and become suicide bombers.
The group is nothing more than a bunch of bumbling men who try very hard to train themselves into becoming suicide bombers. They fight amongst each other trying to control the group and end up creating hilarious situations. It might be seen as a controversial topic for a movie but the movie builds up well and is simply side splitting funny. The straight faced unintended guffaws makes the audience laugh out loud, like the scene where Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) tries to train crows to blow up targets.
Four Lions is a brilliant satire of a movie with some excellent acting from Faisal played by Adeel Akhtar, Omar played by Riz Ahmed and Waj played by Kayvan Novak. The Urdu expletives which Omar actually vomits at incredibly fast pace from time to time will have you ROFLing if you can get them. The story has a message but it is told in a very entertaining fashion.
Not70MM Rating: * * * (3 Stars)
