Four Lions is
undoubtedly one of the most awkward films you’ll ever see. After all, it is a
comedy about suicide bombers, made by Chris Morris, a man who has never shied
away from the uncomfortable and whose humour is frank, brutal and
close-to-the-bone.
It is also one of the most important British films made in
the last ten years. It attempts to deal, through the most comedic and
ridiculous ways, with perhaps the most troubling element of the war on terror:
the humanity of terrorists and suicide-bombers.