Riz as Omar
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Directed by: Chris Morris Written by: Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell Produced by: Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger Production year: Original release: November 5, 2010 (USA) Running time: 1 hour, 37 minutes Other cast: Will Adamsdale, Adeel Akhtar Misc: IMDB | Amazon | iTunes |
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.



