Four Lions

Movie: Four Lions

Genre: Dark Comedy

Cast: no one I have ever heard of

I saw it on: December 28, 2010

Synopsis: A group of Muslims living in London decide they want to be suicide bombers.  None of these men are Mensa material.  They would need to go to school to rise up to the intellectual level of Curly, Larry and Moe.  Two of them go to Pakistan for terrorist training, but are forced to return after only a few days after an embarrassing incident. We get to follow them as they try to make bombs, blow some sheep, a crow and one of their group.  The movie reaches its climax as the remaining group members try to blow up the London Marathon.

My two cents: A pretty funny movie.  The stupidity of these men is truly astonishing.  You have to wonder how they managed to reach adulthood. An example of the humor – the men are in the marathon in disguise.  At one point British snipers are ordered to shoot one of them disguised as a bear.  After the runner is shot, the two snipers start arguing whether the dead runner was a bear or actually a wookie.  One of the “terrorists” has a unique way of determining if he is confused: he takes his own picture with his cell phone and then looks at the picture to see if he has his ‘confused face” on.

If you get a chance to see this on TV, I would give it  a shot.  I am not sure I would recommend going to a theatre to see it.  If you do see it, be sure to watch the stuff that is shown during the credits – its pretty funny.