{"id":5007,"date":"2013-01-22T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2016-04-04T16:55:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:55:50","slug":"four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British black comedy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four Lions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first feature directed by satirist Chris Morris, feels like a lovely combination of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qaeda. The extremely dark humor still manages to bring light to a not so funny topic, terrorism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of a group of misfit terrorists hoping to enact their very own jihad. For which, they really haven\u2019t much of a reason<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014they don\u2019t care much for sticking to scripture, they haven\u2019t been forced from their homeland. It seems they just want to wage war for war\u2019s sake. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leader of these stooge-like terrorists is Omar, played well by Riz Ahmed. He is the focus of the story, living a seemingly happy life\u2014he\u2019s married, has a kid, works a decent job\u2014but still feels his life is unfulfilled. He, along with his bumbling gang of insurgents decide they must become martyrs to lend meaning to their lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group comes up with various plans to enact terror, including the idea of blowing up a mosque to radicalize the moderate muslims. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to perfect their craft, Omar and Waj (Kayvan Novak) take a pilgrimage to Pakistan where they attend a terrorist training camp. Here, Omar is eager to help in any way he can. Intending to take down a low-flying drone, he inadvertently misfires a rocket in an act that would have put a much quicker conclusion to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zero Dark Thirty. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once they are banished back to Britain, the group continue their inept attempts at planning an attack while attempting to operate in secret. They shake their heads quickly in an attempt to blur any possible photos, swallow their SIM cards, and take to a children\u2019s chat room called Puffin Party to keep their plans a secret.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the group finally decides on their final plan, attacking the London Marathon, the climax leaves you unsure of whether to laugh or cry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A satirical storyline, pitch-black humor, and truly explosive performances make <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four Lions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a must see.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British black comedy Four Lions, the first feature directed by satirist Chris Morris, feels like a lovely combination of The Office and al&#8211;Qaeda. The extremely dark humor still manages to bring light to a not so funny topic, terrorism. The film follows the story of a group of misfit terrorists hoping to enact their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":5008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ae"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The British black comedy Four Lions, the first feature directed by satirist Chris Morris, feels like a lovely combination of The Office and al&#8211;Qaeda. The extremely dark humor still manages to bring light to a not so funny topic, terrorism. The film follows the story of a group of misfit terrorists hoping to enact their [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-22T21:52:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-04T20:55:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/four-lions.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Pulaski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Pulaski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Pulaski\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c3186fd82ca841c5193b0c8a997ff87\"},\"headline\":\"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-22T21:52:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-04T20:55:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":349,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/four-lions.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"A&amp;E\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/\",\"name\":\"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/four-lions.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-22T21:52:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-04T20:55:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/four-lions.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/four-lions.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":688,\"caption\":\"COURTESY OF OPTIMUM RELEASING Inept Insurgency: Four Lions stars (from left) Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak and Arsher Ali as members of a misfit group of terrorist hopefuls.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1c3186fd82ca841c5193b0c8a997ff87\",\"name\":\"Mark Pulaski\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"caption\":\"Mark Pulaski\"},\"description\":\"Mark Pulaski, 29, is pursuing a bachelor of applied science degree in Film, Television &amp; Digital Production in the School of Entertainment &amp; Design Technology at the North Campus. He is currently serving as a staff writer of The Reporter. He was previously the editor-in-chief in addition to overseeing the A&amp;E section and the Multimedia department.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/mark-pulaski\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","og_description":"The British black comedy Four Lions, the first feature directed by satirist Chris Morris, feels like a lovely combination of The Office and al&#8211;Qaeda. The extremely dark humor still manages to bring light to a not so funny topic, terrorism. The film follows the story of a group of misfit terrorists hoping to enact their [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2013-01-22T21:52:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-04T20:55:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":688,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/four-lions.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Pulaski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Pulaski","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark Pulaski","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3186fd82ca841c5193b0c8a997ff87"},"headline":"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject","datePublished":"2013-01-22T21:52:43+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-04T20:55:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/"},"wordCount":349,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/four-lions.jpg","articleSection":["A&amp;E"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/","name":"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/four-lions.jpg","datePublished":"2013-01-22T21:52:43+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-04T20:55:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/four-lions.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/four-lions.jpg","width":1280,"height":688,"caption":"COURTESY OF OPTIMUM RELEASING Inept Insurgency: Four Lions stars (from left) Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak and Arsher Ali as members of a misfit group of terrorist hopefuls."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/four-lions-brings-light-to-a-very-dark-subject\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Four Lions Brings Light To A Very Dark Subject"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3186fd82ca841c5193b0c8a997ff87","name":"Mark Pulaski","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","caption":"Mark Pulaski"},"description":"Mark Pulaski, 29, is pursuing a bachelor of applied science degree in Film, Television &amp; Digital Production in the School of Entertainment &amp; Design Technology at the North Campus. He is currently serving as a staff writer of The Reporter. He was previously the editor-in-chief in addition to overseeing the A&amp;E section and the Multimedia department.","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/mark-pulaski\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}