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Release Date: November 5, 2010 (Limited)
On DVD: March 8, 2011
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director: Chris Morris
Writer: Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar
Studio: Drafthouse Films
Official site: drafthousefilms.com
Running Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language throughout including some sexual references

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.

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...

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Surely to be one of the more controversial movies of the year, especially in this Tea Party-led society we suddenly live in, Four Lions is about four British Muslims who, disillusioned with the western world, decide they're going to wage jihad against their country. In other words, they're going to blow some sh*t up. Oh, and it's a comedy.

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