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Chris Morris' Four Lions is a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud comedy that illuminates the war on terror through satire and farce. Four Lions proves that while terrorism may be about ideology, it's also about idiots. In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it's a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He'd realize he joined the cell to channel his nihilism - if he had half the self knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb - but he can't blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has "started eating newspaper". Instead he's training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face? Four Lions plunges us beyond seeing these young men as unfathomably alien. It undermines the folly of just wishing them away or, even worse, alienating the entire culture from which they emerge. The film is neither pro nor anti religious. The jokes fly out of the characters' conflicts, excesses and mistakes. Crackling with wit and tension, Four Lions is the essential response to our failure to engage with reality and a high toast to the idea that laughter is better than killing.
Original Release
05/07/2010
US Release
11/05/2010
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kayvan Novak | Waj |
Nigel Lindsay | Barry |
Riz Ahmed | Omar |
Adeel Akhtar | Faisal |
Preeya Kalidas | Sofia |
Mohamad Akil | Mahmood |
Craig Parkinson | Matt |
Karl Seth | Uncle Imran |
Waleed Elgadi | Khalid |
Alex MacQueen | Malcolm Storge MP |
Directors
Christopher Morris, Chris Morris
Writers
Christopher Morris, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kayvan Novak | Waj |
Nigel Lindsay | Barry |
Riz Ahmed | Omar |
Adeel Akhtar | Faisal |
Preeya Kalidas | Sofia |
Mohamad Akil | Mahmood |
Craig Parkinson | Matt |
Karl Seth | Uncle Imran |
Waleed Elgadi | Khalid |
Alex MacQueen | Malcolm Storge MP |
Shameem Ahmad | Chairwoman |
Arsher Ali | Hassan |
Julia Davis | Alice |
Wasim Zakir | Ahmed |
Jonathan Maitland | Newsreader |
Marcus Garvey | Marathon Policeman |
Darren Boyd | Sniper |
Kevin Eldon | Sniper |
Adil Mohammed Javed | Nabil |
Toby Longworth | Heimlich Man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Angus Aynsley | Executive Producer |
Carole Baraton | Executive Producer |
Peter Carlton | Executive Producer |
Will Clarke | Executive Producer |
Rita Dagher | Executive Producer |
Mark Findlay | Executive Producer |
Caroline Leddy | Executive Producer |
Alex Marshall | Executive Producer |
Tessa Ross | Executive Producer |
Mark Herbert | Producer |
Afi Khan | Producer |
Faisal A. Qureshi | Producer |
Rebekah Wray Rogers | Producer |
Derrin Schlesinger | Producer |