Honeytrap

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Honeytrap

2014

1h 33m

Crime

Drama

Romance

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9 Reviews

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Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.

Adam Woodward

Little White Lies

May 7, 2015

3/5

A sensitive, solidly made portrait of neglect and terminal social decay.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

May 7, 2015

4/5

Johnson paints a picture of abuse, machismo and paranoia, mixing true-crime, urban-realist melodrama with a photolove nightmare.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

May 4, 2015

2/5

Despite a strong central performance this is undermined somewhat by melodramatic plotting and gauche characterisation.

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Craig Williams

CineVue

Apr 5, 2019

4/5

Honeytrap is a finely crafted picture that may be one of the most recently vital films extolling the virtues and dangers of modern British black girlhood.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Sep 10, 2016

3/5

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.

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Jon Lyus

HeyUGuys

May 14, 2015

4/5

Honeytrap is the outstanding debut feature from director Rebecca Johnson. A coming of age tale with a brutal edge that simply must be seen.

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Beth R

@RT42917851 Oct 16, 2025

This movie is really unsettling. Only recommend if your a huge indie buff then its a must see. But be warned the ending is hard to watch.

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May 8, 2021

With a captivating lead performance and an all too real situation depicting social decay, Honeytrap is a streamlined, gritty street drama with some hard-to-watch scenes.

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Nov 12, 2017

Seriously screw this movie. She didn't have to do homeboy like that. He actually cared for her. And she chose that fake showboy!!!!!!

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Jul 6, 2017

THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT MOVIE !!

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Jun 25, 2017

the girl was beautiful but she was abandoned by her mom and molested by her grandfather which made her incapable of loving a decent man because we accept the love we think we deserve and her capacity for love was minimized before she knew what love meant. throughout the movie she was abused mentally, emotionally, and physically. she attempted suicide and contemplated it daily. this movie was so sad and complex and I can't even digest it. #shook

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Apr 16, 2017

Rebecca Johnson was impressive in the directing of this film. This movie contains so much power as it shows the main character Layla desperately looking to fit in. She helps to paint this picture through abuse and paranoia. Furthermore, it shows her downfall as she constantly succumbs to peer pressure. If you're looking for a captivating movie to watch, you should give this film a shot.

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Synopsis

Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.

Director: Rebecca Johnson
Producer: Amy Gardner, Sarah Sulick
Screenwriter: Rebecca Johnson
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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