Four Lions

What This Is Spinal Tap did for heavy metal and Dr Strangelove the Cold War, Four Lions does for the modern face of terrorism.

Controversial, intelligent, fearless, and most importantly - funny - as ever, British satirist Chris Morris (Brass Eye, The Day Today) hasn't approached the subject of Muslim extremism in the UK lightly.  Over three years, he spoke to terrorism experts, imams, police, secret services and hundreds of Muslims. His film understands jihadists as human beings. And it understands human beings as innately ridiculous

Four Lions takes 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.

"...a hilarious farce and a brilliant takedown of the imbecility of fanaticism." - The Hollywood Reporter