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Honeytrap
This film is a tragic teen romance, set in Brixton and inspired by true events. Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.
22 May 1988, Tooting, London, England, UK
11 December 1985, Nairobi, Kenya
24 May 1977, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
9 June 1992, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK
27 December 1981, London, England, UK
27 June 1978, Brixton, London, England, UK
3 May 1994, Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales, UK
May 04, 2015
Despite a strong central performance this is undermined somewhat by melodramatic plotting and gauche characterisation.May 08, 2015
[B]rilliant and necessary... a difficult, upsetting film, quite harrowing in its unflinching look at the everyday horrors of ordinary lives.May 04, 2015
This is a little film with a lot of power.May 07, 2015
A sensitive, solidly made portrait of neglect and terminal social decay.May 14, 2015
Honeytrap is the outstanding debut feature from director Rebecca Johnson. A coming of age tale with a brutal edge that simply must be seen.May 08, 2015
It's familiar rites-of-passage fare, but writer/director Rebecca Johnson's insightful treatment looks at the story from a distinctive feminine perspective ...May 07, 2015
Johnson paints a picture of abuse, machismo and paranoia, mixing true-crime, urban-realist melodrama with a photolove nightmare.September 10, 2016
Writer-director Rebecca Johnson gives a fresh, female perspective on urban gang crime with this debut feature and gets a beguiling lead performance from Skins' actress Sula.