A group of young Muslim men living in Sheffield decide to wage jihad, and they hatch an inept plan to become suicide bombers. Omar (Riz Ahmed) and Waj (Kayvan Novak) have a brief, disastrous run at a Pakistan training camp, while Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) works on an unlikely scheme to train birds to carry bombs. Their ill-conceived plan culminates at the London Marathon with their bumbling attempts to disrupt the event while dressed in outlandish costumes.
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“These are real bad times, bro,” laments Barry, one of the bumbling would-be terrorists in the daring satire Four Lions. “Islam is cracking up. We got women talking back! We got people playing stringed instruments! It’s the end of days!” (Full review)