Quarantine Watch #9: Four Lions (2010)

I only recently found out about this one and I wish I saw it when it first came out. A comedy about radicalized wannabe Islamic terrorists seems like it can’t be as funny as it is, but man is it hysterical. Riz Amed is so charming and funny as the leader of these dummies. The whole thing devolves into a Three Stooges-esque farce. The humor is witty, but you are mostly laughing at how silly and dumb these guys are. On top of all that — it’s also emotional at times since there is a brotherhood between the men and when one of them dies you feel the impact on the group.

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