A group of
young Muslim clumsily attempts to stage a terrorist attack.
This movie
certainly tried to generate controversy. Satirizing Islamic terrorism in this
day and age is still something that a lot of people frown about. The problem
seems to be twofold. First that this somehow diminish the importance of the war
on terror and second that this also somehow makes fun of the victims.
After
watching the movie I’m honestly still conflicted. While I certainly believe
that terrorism has been wrongly portrayed in popular culture as a superhuman
treat this movie, while certainly rectifying that issue, didn’t convince me
completely.
The main
problem is that this is mainly a satire and so the majority of the running time
is devoted to highlighting the various contradictions of the terrorist mind
set. The tone therefore is uneven, there are not a lot of genuinely funny
moments, and it communicates mostly puzzlement and uncertainty.
There is a
vague attempt at character study but in the end this is one of the blackest
comedies ever, if you appreciate an exploding crow you’ll certainly have fun
but for the rest it clearly misses the target. Too comic to make a statement
but too serious to be really funny.
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