Four Lions details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Benedict Cumberbatch, Preeya Kalidas, Alex MacQueen, Julia Davis, Craig Parkinson, Darren Boyd, Adeel Akhtar, Kayvan Novak |
| Director: | Christopher Morris |
| Genres: | Comedy - British, General, Drama |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Collections: | 2012's Top Films, Allow It, At War, Award Winners, Awkward!, Bad Taste, Comedy Crews, Directorial Debuts |
| Name | Discs | |
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Four Lions |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 34 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 30 Aug 2010 |
| Main languages: | English |
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By Jonathan Crocker from LOVEFiLMBrass Eye's Chris Morris serves up a satirical take on terrorism.
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There is nothing remotely controversial about this movie!
By a customer from Beddington , 09 May 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
I headed out to the movies to see why yet again some people were offended by this movie but Britain has become a nation of people that have nothing better to do than be overly pc and offended over anything it seems. Clearly those that have made these judgements have done so before seeing the movie, so if anyone has to be offended it should be terrorist bombers as they have been portrayed as thoroughly thick and quite pathetic in this movie! This movie was funny sometimes over the top but I didn't find it controversial at all in the way that it would refer to 7/7 bombings etc... (Personally I do not think every bomber is as thick as the characters portrayed in this movie, however Chris Morris did prove a valid point by creating characters that were so laughably hopeless: the utter futility of using violence to solve any problem). There is always a choice how one chooses to tackle a problem and the fact that there are people in this world ignorant and deluded enough to believe that by taking their own lives in the hope of being met by virgins (that's like saying there's a Disneyland in the afterlife!!! How silly, I find it laughable that grown men believe such piffle!!!) they will make any kind of difference. Proof of the pudding is simple and it's called results: if their actions work why do more and more of them kill themselves and others? I applaud Morris for making this point, I think there should be more movie makers out there tackling issues that most people find sensitive, because the reason these jihadists do what they do is through faulty thinking and beliefs, shedding some light on that is always a service to humanity!- Was this review helpful to you?
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(512)Bored, bored bored.....
By Kelly76 (93 reviews) from Crowthorne , 17 Apr 2013I tried, I really did. Its very rare I swtich a film off but this just didn't float my boat. I can see how people would like it, and maybe I was in the wrong mood to watch it, but 32 minutes is all I lasted before skipping scenes to finally see what happened in the end. It had some breif moments of comedy, it had a good stroyline but I just didn't gel with it. Sorry to say this one bored me to death and I can't say i'd recommend it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Chris Morris Takes On Terrorism
By Lugodoc (102 reviews) from Portsmouth, UK , 06 Apr 2013Po-faced Yorkshire humour that doesn't aim for a laugh a minute slapstick but hits somewhere between edgy political satire and plain uncomfortable, which is where Morris usually aims anyway. I found myself wanting to see this done as a serious film, which it nearly is. The extras on the DVD are actually a lot more interesting with candid interviews made around Northern England towns as research for the film that reveal a lot more about the crazy surreal situation up here than the film itself. Cumberbatch is in it for 1 minute right at the end. Before he was famous.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not bad
By a customer , 18 Mar 2013Funny at times. There were quite a few bits where you just look at each other. It is black comedy but misses the mark.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Laugh out loud funny
By a customer , 14 Mar 2013A laugh out loud comedy following impressionable and misguided terrorists. The characters are very well portrayed. The subjects dealt with are of course, touchy, to say the least, it's an adult themed movie and the characters could have been any colour or culture, 'fighting' for any cause. I didn't find it offensive, quite the opposite, I think the story tries to take the sting out. A comedy triumph in a world of big budget lack lustre blockbusters.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very funny.....
By ittrainer (18 reviews) , 16 Feb 2013Laughed out loud many times at the crazy antics of these home grown terrorists. Irreverent but so good! Really could watch it over again.- Was this review helpful to you?
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