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. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces, Four Lions is a comic tour de force; it shows that-while terrorism is about ideology-it can also be about idiots.
Written by Sundance Film Festival
The market location where the trip to Pakistan was shot, is actually a city in India called Hyderabad. The license plates of the vehicles give this out.
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
The terrorist instructor has a belt of ammunition over his shoulder. These are fake as they have no primers.
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Quotes
Omar:
[after Fessal accidentally blows himself up]
Is he a martyr or is he a Jalfrezi? See more »
Crazy Credits
The London Marathon had no involvement in the making of this film and its portrayal is entirely a work of fiction
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