Animé par des envies de grandeur, Omar est déterminé à devenir un soldat du djihad en Angleterre. Avec ses amis, il décide de monter le coup décisif qui fera parler d’eux et de leur cause. Problème: il leur manque le mode d’emploi.

In una città inglese, quattro uomini hanno un piano segreto. Omar è stanco del modo in cui i Musulmani sono trattati in giro per il mondo ed è deciso a diventare un combattente e Way condivide la stessa idea. Contro di lui e contro il mondo si scaglia il bianco Barry, convertito all'Islam, che si rende conto di aver scelto di unirsi alla cellula islamica per trasmettere il suo nichilismo. Faisal è l'intruso. I quattro devono portare a termine un attentato nel loro territorio ma nessuno è in grado di accendere un cerino senza darsi un pugno in faccia.

Chris Morris’ Four Lions is a funny, thrilling comedy that illuminates modern jihadism through the prism of farce. It understands jihadists as human beings. And it understands human beings as innately ridiculous. What Thi s Is Spi nal Tap did for heavy metal and Dr Strangelove the Cold War, Four Lions does for the modern face of terrorism. In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of Muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it’s a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white Islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He’d realise he joined the cell to channel his nihilism - if he had half the self knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb – but he can’t blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has “started eating newspaper”. Instead he’s training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face? Four Lions plunges us beyond seeing these young men as unfathomably alien. It undermines the folly of just wishing them away or, even worse, alienating the entire culture from which they emerge. The film is neither pro nor anti religious. The jokes fly out of the characters’ conflicts, excesses and mistakes. Crackling with wit and tension, Four Lions is the essential response to our failure to engage with reality and a high toast to the idea that laughter is better than killing.