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Wednesday 6 November 2013

FOUR LIONS [2010]

Four Lions is a hilarious satirical comedy from Chris Morris about a group of bumbling British jihadists who aspire to be better than they could ever be.
Based on its premise you'd expect it to be full of racist or overly silly jokes but in truth it's actually quite a spot on witty comedy that speaks more truth about both sides of the war against and for terrorism.  At times it reminded me of a Christopher Guest film with its inanely hysterical banter between the leading characters but it never felt unrealistic and actually made you root for these poor fools.  It's shot in such a way that it seems there's always someone watching these guys from a distance but not in the overdone "found footage" style and more or less like TV's 24.  I don't remember the last time I've laughed this much during a film and whole-heartedly recommend it.

4 bunnies without ears out of 5

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