Four Lions

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Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 20, 2026 Terrorism satire that deserves, in spite of its weaknesses, to be better known. Entertainingly absurd. A motley crew of idiots from the midlands aspire to become suicide-bombers. Leader Omar is at odds with chaotic caucasian member Barry. They regularly antagonise each other. The other three have one brain cell each. What's most poignant about their predicament is that the friends don't have any coherent explanation as to why they want to blow themselves up, or more importantly, whom they want to target (and why). The most unbelievable aspect is why Omar's wife, underwritten in the movie, is so blasé about her husband, her child's father, a wage earner in the family, blowing himself into the next world. She has no qualms about it whatsoever. Maybe it's because the squad of wannabees are so inept they are unlikely to achieve their intention? The movie would probably benefit from some attempt to understand and critique the intention, rather than rely on pratfalls. See more Wayne K @WayneKelso Aug 1, 2026 A brilliant sharp, witty, laugh out loud satire about the kind of subject matter that few people would have the guts to tackle. But Chris Morris has never been afraid to push the barriers of taste. Four Lions asks an important question: What if a group of terrorists planning an attack were all complete halfwits? Zealous but clueless, their efforts are constantly thwarted by their own incompetence, and it’s an endless source of hilarious comedy shenanigans. I can’t remember the last time I laughed at hard at anything, let alone a movie about men wanting to kill innocent people. The characters are so transparently English, from their accents to their slang, but their faith, or their pick and mix interpretation of it, is what inspires them to cause harm. It’s taken me a long time to get round to watching this one, but I’m so unspeakably happy that I did. Endlessly enjoyable, funny and heartfelt, and with one of the snappiest scripts ever written, Four Lions is, quite literally, the bomb. See more Musa A @doodleflame Jul 27, 2026 I don't really know how to describe it, but nonetheless it's a really funny, unique movie. See more Miles R @RT06188905 Jul 8, 2026 I haven’t watched this yet, so I’ll adjust the rating after I do. But the reaction to this movie is already fascinating. It seems like some people saw satire aimed at dangerous stupidity and somehow decided the movie was endorsing the dangerous stupidity. It’s fine if a dark comedy isn’t for you. It’s fine to be uncomfortable. But confusing satire with approval is how "bad takes" escape containment and start chewing through the walls. Four Lions appears to be mocking extremism, vanity, delusion, and idiot certainty. Judging by some of the reviews, the arrow landed close enough to make people yelp. See more Rukhshanda H @RT07713316 Apr 10, 2026 This film is utter genius. I think that ( as most things that Riz is involved in) it is targeted for a particular audience. As a member of that audience i get it and love it. But even outside that demographic- it is brilliant if you just stand back and look at it objectively. See more Ryan G @RT72524743 Oct 3, 2025 Absolouteley horrendous movie. I cannot understand how anyone can find this amusing. I was absolouteley horrified at the interactions with his son and the open talk around sick sick ideas. To attempt to make light of such crazy and deeply sadistic ideas is just mind blowing to me. How this made it to film is absolouteley insane See more Read all reviews

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