Four Lions (2010) ( Tesseris leontes ) ( 4 Lions )

Four Lions (2010) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Tesseris leontes
Alternate Title: 4 Lions
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Christopher Morris

Written By:
Jesse Armstrong
Sam Bain

Actors:
Benedict Cumberbatch ..... Ed
Kayvan Novak ..... Waj
Nigel Lindsay ..... Barry
Darren Boyd ..... Sniper
Riz Ahmed ..... Omar
Preeya Kalidas ..... Sophia
Alex MacQueen ..... Malcolm Storge MP
Arsher Ali ..... Hassan
Julia Davis ..... Alice
Chris Wilson ..... Police Inspector
Craig Parkinson ..... Matt
Adeel Akhtar ..... Fessal
Kevin Eldon ..... Sniper
Will Adamsdale ..... Alex
Danny Ashok ..... Phone Shop Assistant

Synopsis:

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.

Chris Morris' Four Lions is a funny, thrilling comedy that illuminates modern jihadism through the prism of farce. It understands jihadists as human beings. And it understands human beings as innately ridiculous. What "This Is Spinal Tap" did for heavy metal and "Dr Strangelove" the Cold War, Four Lions does for the modern face of terrorism.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 October, 2010.