"Terrorists" is a comedy about life in post-9/11 America: Curtis Gorfurter, small-town police chief, unhappy with his lowly status and eager to prove himself in the War Against Terror, interprets a series of unrelated events as proof of an impending terrorist attack. When a graduate student of Mideastern descent arrives in town to authenticate the world's largest stool, he unwittingly becomes the police chief's prime terrorist suspect. In creating this climate of fear, the chief acquires the power and the perks he's always dreamed of. And when he raises the town's alert level from brick to tangerine, panic ensues and common sense takes a holiday.
Acting
Ian Roberts' desperate little-man tyranny is uncomfortably perfect.
Writing
Alert levels: brick, tangerine, and other nonsense that hits different now.
Direction
Martel shoots paranoia like a documentary nobody asked for.
Director
Jay Martel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jay Martel's directorial debut before he became a writer on Key & Peele. The DNA checks out.
Shot in 2003 and barely released, it predicted the TSA theater and color-coded fear that became normalized. Watching now feels like a time capsule nobody wanted.
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