If you thought “The Infidel” or “Team America” was daring in mockery of terrorists then “Four Lions” will exceed the bar for you. It’s a very shocking, very dark yet very funny movie that really tears apart any of the righteousness jihadists try to give themselves.

In “Four Lions”, four British Muslims want to become jihadists but they turn out to be more Mr. Bean than Bin Laden. They talk about the evil capitalism and imperialism of the West yet then discuss their fondness of Alton Towers and sing along to “Dancing In The Moonlight”. Blow up a mosque to cause an uprising or blow up Boots? They can’t decide.

Riz Ahmed (“Nightcrawler”), Nigel Lindsay (“Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa”) and the others are all really good. They are all real idiots in different ways. One of them buys bleach for the explosives and uses a different voice every time he buys 12 bottles, one of his voices is an IRA voice and it’s the kind-of idiocy that is seen throughout the film. Another one of them tries to convince his son of jihadi by re-telling the story of "The Lion King”, making it about Simba’s jihad. The other characters are alright.

“Four Lions” works so well because although it may seem offensive and at times poor taste, this is exactly the kind-of films that need to be made about jihadists. It’s an entertaining film that really backs a punch because it isn’t afraid to show that some of the most terrible events that happen in the world are carried out by some of the most pathetic people. It’s a biting comedy that is perhaps even funnier and even more poignant than something such as “The Infidel”. “Four Lions” is an entertaining movie but it’s also arguably a very powerful movie.