A terrorist comedy, anyone? This couldn’t have been made in the US, but fortunately the British have made the terrorist equivalent of Waiting for Guffman. A group of homegrown Brits of Pakistani heritage decide to join the jihad and try to organize a terror mission. Fortunately, the smartest one is both inept and unlucky, and each of the others is dumber than the last. The cell’s intramural competition reminds me of the hilarious People’s Liberation Front scene in Monty Python’s Life of Python.
Four Lions stars Riz Ahmed, the charismatic star of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, who will appear in the upcoming thriller Closed Circuit.
Four Lions is available on DVD from Netflix and streaming on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and other VOD outlets.