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Friday, September 17, 2010

Four Lions (2010) Christopher Morris

Four Lions (2010)

Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Morris
Country: UK
Language: English
Subtitles: English (.srt file)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1
Length: 97mn
File: Dvdrip Xvid Avi - 624x336 - 25fps - 699mb

Description:
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor -sharp verbal jousting and large- scale set pieces, Four Lions is a comic tour de force; it shows that-while terrorism is about ideology-it can also be about idiots.

In the UK, Chris Morris is famous for the very controversial "Brasseye" series, and he has taken that iconoclastic attitude to the big screen to help create this wonderful little film. It's a crude yet intelligent satire on a group of young men who want to be martyrs for the Islamic Al-Qaeda in the UK. Rather than portray them as dark shadowy men, they are really just everyday bumblers and naive men. The frightening aspect is that despite the humour, they are aiming to mass murder which always is behind the scenes.

The film uses humour to demystify the self-styled jihadists and take away any sort of menacing notoriety and show them as the frightening bunglers that they are. The fear is when one group actually manages to carry out what they set out to do. This film is worth watching. You will be rolling with laughter, but you will end the film with many thoughts on the questions raised also. It's simply another great bit of political satire.

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341167/