Chris Morris has never been afraid to make films that take some of society’s greatest issues and put them through his own satirical point of view. The filmmaker does that to great effect in the new film “The Day Shall Come.”
And in honor of “The Day Shall Come” hitting theaters and VOD soon, we are thrilled to be able to give our readers an exclusive clip at the film, which shows the style of humor that Morris brings to a dire situation. For those not familiar with the film, “The Day Shall Come” tells the story of a Miami preacher that is recruited by a Middle Eastern organization to help fund his dreams of overtaking the US Government.
We saw “The Day Shall Come” at this year’s SXSW, and in our review, we called the film “a scorching rebuke of the FBI, it’s also twisted look at the ineptitude inherent in humans, their blundering institutions and the way those on the margins—usually the poor, the uneducated and people of color—take the fall for it all.”
Anna Kendrick, Danielle Brooks, Jim Gaffigan, Denis O’Hare, Adam David Thompson, and Marchánt Davis all star in the film. Chris Morris, the filmmaker behind “4 Lions,” wrote and directed the new satire. “4 Lions” won Morris a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut back in 2011. “The Day Shall Come” is his first feature film since then.
“The Day Shall Come” arrives in theaters and VOD on September 27.
Here’s the synopsis:
Before you can win the war on terror you need a terrorist—even if you have to invent one yourself. Moses Al Shabaz (Marchánt Davis) is a small-time Miami street preacher whose far-fetched revolutionary ideas find unexpected legitimacy when a Middle Eastern terrorist organization offers to help fund his dream of overthrowing the US government. The problem? His backer is the US government and it’s all part of an elaborate scheme to entrap Moses and make his arrest the latest national security “win.” But when Moses doesn’t take the bait, FBI agent Kendra Glack (Anna Kendrick) must resort to increasingly outlandish—and risky—lengths to get her man. Crackling with fast-and-furious one-liners, the new film from button-pushing comedic renegade Chris Morris (Four Lions) is an audacious, bitingly hilarious takedown of our political theater of the absurd.