Four Lions

We are 4 Lions.

Overview

A group of young Muslim men living in Sheffield decide to wage jihad, and they hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers. Omar and Waj have a brief, disastrous run at a Pakistan training camp, while Faisal works on an unlikely scheme to train birds to carry bombs.

Metadata
Director Chris Morris
Runtime 1 h 37 min
Release Date 7 May 2010

A phenomenally good movie investigating the roots of terror acts. These movies always have a risk to look documentary or too dramatic, but this one nails it. It shows things right from the beginning where characters have some stupid ideas, and then things get more serious. Acting and irony are also what makes this movie shine. Might be the movie that lead Riz Ahmed to his most acclaimed roles.

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