Four Lions

Director: Chris Morris
97 mins Film4 Archive

The highly anticipated first feature from controversial British satirist Chris Morris

Riz Ahmed plays Omar, a devout British-based Muslim who forms a small terrorist group. Omar is an unconvincing leader and his team of fellow terrorists are just as unimpressive. Among them are dim-witted Waj (Kayvan Novak), shy and quiet Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) and recently-converted white Muslim, Barry (Nigel Lindsay), whose passion far outweighs his knowledge. Omar and his comrades come up with several destructive plans, including using birds as explosives and bombing mosques in an attempt to provoke non-violent Muslims. But do this rag-tag team of terrorists really pose a genuine threat to Britain?

Awards

Writer/director Chris Morris won the Outstanding Debut award at the British Academy Film Awards in 2011, where Four Lions was also nominated for the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.