Four Lions

2010 • 97 minutes

À propos de ce film

In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar is determined to become a soldier in the mujahideen. For Waj following Omar to training camp is a no brainer - partly because it is the most exciting plan he has ever heard and partly because he has no brain. But Barry doesn't need a "tramp up a mountain" to tell him how to bring on the end of days. He'll stay behind and channel the wayward expertise of Faisal who can make a bomb but wants it delivered by a kamikaze crow and Hassan Malik - a student who is so keen to prove he's for real, he will agree to bombing a mosque. Omar's crew must strike a blow on home turf - but can they strike a match without punching themselves in the face? Directed by Chris Morris (The Day Today, Brass Eye), co written with Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (In the Loop, Peep Show), with flawless performances from Riz Ahmed (Shifty, Road to Guantanamo), Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Syriana), Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali and Adeel Akhtar with Kevin Eldon and Julia Davis in unforgettable cameos, Four Lions finds surprising light and shade in its incendiary subject, tightens to a white knuckle climax and rocks with laugher from start to finish.

Notes et avis

I expected a more sophisticated take from Chris Morris. Go and watch "Paradise Now" by Hany Abu-Assad instead, if you want to understand what motivates someone to be a suicide bomber.

For those that don't know him, Chris Morris has been creating brilliant satirical comedy for years. This film is a quality piece of work from Morris. This is an intelligent black comedy that has been extremely well written and perfectly cast. It has a serious undertone with regards to fanaticism and radicalism but this movie will have you laughing the whole way through. Simply brilliant and a must watch.

This is NOT meant to be a realistic depiction of suicide bombers, nor is it laughing at those who have suffered through their actions. What this film laughs at is humans doing stupid and pointless things to other humans - the idiocy of dogma, and the danger in the one dimensional stereotypes we build about other people regardless of our personal background. Morris delivers enough of the gut punch to balance the unbelievable actions of the protagonists, and creates an intelligent and challenging story.