Four Lions
In the name of Jihad four Muslim men become suicide bombers to follow their secret plan.
30 January 1971, Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
1974, Hereford, England, UK
21 June 1980, Isleworth, London, England, UK
19 January 1983, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
23 November 1978, London, England, UK
11 March 1976, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
5 September 1965, Bristol, England, UK
1960, Kent, England, UK
9 April 1984, Nottingham, England, UK
13 June 1988, Manchester, England, UK
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
8 April 1969, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19 July 1976, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
1966, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
1 December 1982, Wembley, London, England, UK
June 30, 2011
... A welcome antidote to cultural hysteria.
April 04, 2011
Writer-director Chris Morris walks that razor-fine line separating comedy and tragedy by mocking terrorists without mocking the horrors of terrorism itself.
March 23, 2011
Four Lions doesn't always reach satirical perfection, but it comes fairly close.
June 22, 2013
It is like the old joke about a dog that walks on its hind legs. It doesn't matter that it's not done perfectly; it's just a wonder that it's done at all.
January 06, 2011
A dark farce sitting somewhere between "Dr. Strangelove" and "Duck Soup." It will blow you away.
December 04, 2016
Capable of being boisterously funny, but it's a movie not designed to be loved easily, or by most people.
December 29, 2010
The film wisely doesn't try to explore the roots of religious fanaticism and how it can manifest as murder: Instead, it simply accepts the world as it is and focuses on the ridiculous.
February 24, 2011
It's difficult to imagine a movie this boldly provocative about the underworld of violent jihad, much less one that actually inspires laughter.
January 16, 2013
Home-grown jihadists as wankers. How very British.
January 14, 2011
The first feature, written and directed by satirist Chris Morris, may seem profane to some, but if you're doomed by watching it, at least you'll go down laughing.
December 17, 2010
Four Lions is more interesting than riotous. Consider it an example - a well-paced, clever and understated compassionate example - of a filmmaker wrestling with fear.
February 25, 2011
[Morris's] new comedy has a provocative, ticklish premise -- five North England Muslims become suicide bombers, but can't decide who or what to take with them.
