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Anyone else seen this? If not, mild spoilers below
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I though tit was pretty good, pretty funny. The writers are the two who do Peep Show, as well as Chris Morris, so there's good pedigree there. I thought the central idea - UK suicide bombers as berks - has plenty of comic potential, and obv they got plenty from it. The bits with Omar's family were really affecting - his seemingly sane wife saying he's more fun when he's going to blow himself up, his son watching his suicide video and asking if he's killed any kufur.It had deliberate echoes of Mohammed Sidique Khan which were pretty uncomfortable.
I'm not entirely sure it worked dramatically, though, cos there were too many really stupid main characters which robbed the film of momentum. And it meant that to total incompetence of the police was less funny than it could have been.
Also, I don't think I've ever found someone dying funny - not Pulp Fiction, not anywhere really - but the cinema I was in pissed itself with each suicide bombing. So I dunno if I was missing something.
So stop reading
I though tit was pretty good, pretty funny. The writers are the two who do Peep Show, as well as Chris Morris, so there's good pedigree there. I thought the central idea - UK suicide bombers as berks - has plenty of comic potential, and obv they got plenty from it. The bits with Omar's family were really affecting - his seemingly sane wife saying he's more fun when he's going to blow himself up, his son watching his suicide video and asking if he's killed any kufur.It had deliberate echoes of Mohammed Sidique Khan which were pretty uncomfortable.
I'm not entirely sure it worked dramatically, though, cos there were too many really stupid main characters which robbed the film of momentum. And it meant that to total incompetence of the police was less funny than it could have been.
Also, I don't think I've ever found someone dying funny - not Pulp Fiction, not anywhere really - but the cinema I was in pissed itself with each suicide bombing. So I dunno if I was missing something.