4 Lions (movie)

Egan · 06-18-11, 04:09 PM

It's a great film. One of the things that struck me - quite aside from the humour of it - was how downright scary some of it was.

There is one scene in particular that got me: The ringleader (can't remember the character's name,) is sitting in his house with his wife and their little boy and they're talking about this and that around the dinner table. it's a scene of absolute domestic normality until you realise she's trying to allay his fears and convince him to go ahead with his suicide mission. It's perfectly done and completely chilling.

I know that this was one of the things that Chris Morris wanted to achieve with the movie, that although they are idiots, they are still dangerous.

I loved the bits when they are at the training camp in Pakistan..and Barry, the white, convert is brilliant: "Spark plugs! Jews invented spark plugs to control global traffic!"...

06-18-11, 04:09 PM	#2
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	It's a great film. One of the things that struck me - quite aside from the humour of it - was how downright scary some of it was. There is one scene in particular that got me: The ringleader (can't remember the character's name,) is sitting in his house with his wife and their little boy and they're talking about this and that around the dinner table. it's a scene of absolute domestic normality until you realise she's trying to allay his fears and convince him to go ahead with his suicide mission. It's perfectly done and completely chilling. I know that this was one of the things that Chris Morris wanted to achieve with the movie, that although they are idiots, they are still dangerous. I loved the bits when they are at the training camp in Pakistan..and Barry, the white, convert is brilliant: "Spark plugs! Jews invented spark plugs to control global traffic!"...