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Riz Ahmed (Actor), Adeel Akhtar (Actor), Chris Morris (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar, Alex MacQueen, Kayvan Novak, Arsher Ali
  • Directors: Chris Morris
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Studiocanal
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Aug. 2010
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (451 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003M8OHVA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 18,861 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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A handful of young men set out to take on the decadent West but are more of a threat to themselves than anyone else in this black comedy from the creator of Brass Eye, Chris Morris. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is a devout Muslim living in the United Kingdom who has decided to form a terrorist cell to bring forth a jihad against a culture he believes is dominated by the sinful and ignorant. However, Omar isn't much of leader, and he's assembled an unimpressive team of fellow terrorists, among them Waj (Kayvan Novak), who lacks the brainpower to come up with ideas or direction on his own; Faisal (Adeel Akhtar), who is shy and doesn't have much to say; and Barry (Nigel Lindsay), a recent convert to Islam who tries to make up for his lack of practical knowledge with fierce passion. As Omar and his comrades debate both doctrine and methods, they ponder such notions as using birds as explosive devices, creating video communiqués with a hip-hop flavor, and attacking mosques in an effort to provoke non-violent Muslims. But are Omar and his partners a legitimate threat to the safety of Great Britain, or just four half-bright twenty-somethings with more bluster than imagination?

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It really shouldn’t work. A black comedy that’s basically about four terrorists, planning an atrocity on UK soil? That’s surely a film that’s designed to wind up tabloid newspapers? In the wrong hands, it certainly could have been. But under the diligent stewardship of Chris Morris, Four Lions emerges as one of the best films of the year.

It’s a perfectly pitched, at times rightly uncomfortable comedy, that brings together a quartet of inept terrorists, who when we meet them, can’t even put a video together without it falling into farce. It’s an opening scene that sets up Four Lions perfectly. And led by the terrific Riz Ahmed and the scene-stealing Nigel Lindsay, the company of actors rise to the challenge that Chris Morris sets them.

Four Lions isn’t a perfect film, though. The tone is a little uneven at times, and it’s very much one that’s going to feel more at home on a television than a cinema screen. But it’s still a daring, risky and at times extremely funny piece of work. And it’s one not afraid to pull the rug on you, either, never shielding itself away from the undercurrents of its subject matter. It’s the most ambitious comedy in a long, long time, and it’s credit to all concerned that it works as well as it does. --Simon Brew

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5.0 out of 5 starsbrilliant
By Donald Donaldson on 15 Sept. 2011
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comedy is all pervasive - even when it comes to the hot topic of religeous extremism and terrorism. the film isn't without its faults but its 5* simply based on its brave approach to the topic. nigel lindsay for me is especially brilliant in this. a must buy
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4.0 out of 5 starsReally funny
By Bluemoon on 9 Oct. 2011
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Every now and then you find a film out of the blue that gives you a good laugh - this is one of them
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5.0 out of 5 starsGenius!
By Tishymonster on 12 Oct. 2012
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OK, so film/picture quality aside, the content is pure genius!

A colleague recommended the film to me on the basis of the type of films I would find funny and I have to say this was spot on. It was dry and surprising and at one point I laughed so much I had to pause it to get my breath back.

Dont take it too seriously- its a £3 DVD, enjoy it for the comedy and the ending!

Deleted scenes are brilliant- they shouldnt have been deleted!
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4.0 out of 5 starsAlmost excellent, but still pushing the boundaries of satire
By jrhartley on 8 May 2010
This film is about a group of Jihadist friends in Sheffield who plan to martyr themselves. Sounds hilarious, right? Well, bizarrely, it pretty much works. In taking on the subject, you've got to suspect Morris has deliberately decided to take the bull by the horns on the debate as to whether anything should be off limits in the world of satire and comedy. His willingness to make us question the absurdity of the received wisdom on subjects is precisely why he is such an important film maker. Everyone will remember his Brass Eye special "Paedo Britain" which absurdly had Government Minsters outraged - despite not actually having sat down and watched it through.

The film has courted controversy and some of the 7/7 families have asked people not to support it. This is totally understandable. Morris clearly isn't condoning suicide bombings with this film, but where he's been very successful and clever is that he's not mocking the Jihadists either. Its a fine line to walk, and aside from perhaps the overly dumb characterisation of Waj (Omar's best friend) and Fassel (who wants to deliver bombs by mounting them on crows) the film works very well as a black comedy - there was plenty of laughter tonight in Cineworld Cardiff, and its quite something to get an audience to belly-laugh when someone detonates themselves. Thankfully the more awkward 'dumb lines' (what are those rabbits doing here / its a chicken bro, etc) are limited to the first 30 minutes of the film. From then on, the film finds its groove and the characterisation becomes more credible, with Riz Ahmed as Omar really carrying the film - he manages to combine the poignancy of his family knowing about his Jihadist calling whilst simultaneously avoiding either schmultz or steering the film away from its satirical core.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsfour lions with an open mind
By Mrs. S. Wilsher on 7 Sept. 2011
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Watched this hoping it would make me see how rediculous suicide bombers were. But unfortunately I liked the characters! There are some side-splitting moments that make me involuntarily giggle every time I think of them. (embarassing sitting on a bus!!!) Still too radical a subject for me, but an extremely well acted film. Poignant in placces too. Watch it with an open mind.
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5.0 out of 5 starsRecommend it
By NSF on 6 Jan. 2016
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I watched this after reading an editorial arguing that the world needs more popular media lampooning and satirizing religious fanaticism. These forms of expression are what humans have employed for eons to express disagreement, to criticize, defuse, entertain and amuse, incite change in actions and beliefs of institutions, people but seem notably missing in this area / topic
I really enjoyed this movie. In a certain manner it reminded me a little of The Full Monty in that there was a group of men who are possibly described as not exactly critical thinkers determined to carry out something.
We need more movies and popular media like this to put the whole situation in perspective and to offer a different point of view.
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4.0 out of 5 starsTragi-comedy
By Charles Vasey TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 23 April 2011
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Chris Morris sees the worst in nearly everyone, he then ups the pace a little and records it. The result is usually unpleasant, often very funny, and sometimes an eye-opener. In Morris World everyone is stupid, self-serving or mendacious; many characters manage all three without breaking into a sweat. We are invited to laugh at the characters and not with them. However, laugh most of us do. The story of four West Riding Asian lads (plus a white convert from the Fred Kite school of organising) in their struggle to become suicide bombers should be anything but amusing, but where the human side mixes with the doctrinaire concept it is both amusing and touching. To varying degrees the purity of the Islamic background has been lost to the effects of living in a Western society; and both of these backgrounds exist in the main protagonists at the same time. The response of Police, intelligence services and British officials is scarcely more effective. It is undoubtedly black comedy of the blackest kind.

Those of you unable to follow West Riding accents are going find this film a strain.
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4.0 out of 5 starsNot sure what to say about this...
By Charles G. on 13 Sept. 2011
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There are many, many funny moments in Four Lions, but I kept having to ask myself, should I be laughing at this? As the story unfolds it pokes mercilessly at Muslims, dozy Brits, and the police with their "Shoot first, ask questions later" policy shown toward the latter stages of the film. In this it is somewhat disturbing but at the same time somehow manages to be side splittingly funny. The sheep martyr, exploding crow and heimlich maneuver scenes are just some of the many highlights for me.

I'd recommend it, just don't show it to people you know who insist on political correctness.
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