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.
24 May 1977, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
3 May 1994, Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales, UK
11 December 1985, Nairobi, Kenya
27 December 1981, London, England, UK
22 May 1988, Tooting, London, England, UK
27 June 1978, Brixton, London, England, UK
9 June 1992, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK
May 04, 2015
This is a little film with a lot of power.
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 08, 2015
[B]rilliant and necessary... a difficult, upsetting film, quite harrowing in its unflinching look at the everyday horrors of ordinary lives.
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.
May 07, 2015
A sensitive, solidly made portrait of neglect and terminal social decay.
May 04, 2015
Despite a strong central performance this is undermined somewhat by melodramatic plotting and gauche characterisation.
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 07, 2015
Johnson paints a picture of abuse, machismo and paranoia, mixing true-crime, urban-realist melodrama with a photolove nightmare.
