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Four Lions

Name: Four Lions
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2010-05-07
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.954

★ 7,0 /10 (1,359 Votes)

2010 EN 97 min

Overview

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.

Stream

Rent

Release date

07/05/2010

Votes

1,359

Popularity

2.5

We are four Lions.

Genres

Comedy Crime Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

97 min

Budget

$3,900,000

Revenue

$6,200,000

Website

www.four-lions.co.uk

Riz Ahmed

Omar

Nigel Lindsay

Barry

Kayvan Novak

Waj

Adeel Akhtar

Faisal

Arsher Ali

Hassan

Preeya Kalidas

Sofia

Benedict Cumberbatch

Negotiator

Julia Davis

Alice

Craig Parkinson

Matt

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Wasim Zakir

Ahmed

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Mohammad Aqil

Mahmood

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Karl Seth

Uncle Imran

Waleed Elgadi

Khalid

Alex Macqueen

Malcolm Storge MP

Shameem Ahmad

Chairwoman

Jonathan Maitland

Newsreader

Marcus Garvey

Marathon Policeman

Darren Boyd

Sniper

Kevin Eldon

Sniper

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Adil Mohammed Javed

Nabil

Toby Longworth

Heimlich Man

Danny Ashok

Phone Shop Assistant

Will Adamsdale

Alex

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Mark Morrell

Security Guard

Reece Noi

Shoulderboy

Chris Wilson

Police Inspector

Chris Morris

Commentator on End Credits

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Hilarious from the start to the end.

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As recent examples of British cinema satire go, this is one of the better ones. It follows the antics of four Muslims who are fed up with the way the are being treated. It's "Omar" (Riz Ahmed) who comes up with a cunning plan that involves them trekking to Pakistan where they will learns all the ninja skills of the modern-day jihadist! The easily led "Waj" (Kayvan Novak) is up for it but convert "Barry" (Nigel Lindsay) isn't so keen and "Faisal" (Adeel Akhtar) is way more worried that his dad is having some sort of nervous incident. It's this latter man who might be more use, though - he does …

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