Honour (film)

Honour
Honour
Directed by	Shan Khan
Written by	Shan Khan
Produced by	Jason Newmark; Nisha Parti
Starring	Paddy Considine; Aiysha Hart; Faraz Ayub; Shubham Saraf; Harvey Virdi; Nikesh Patel
Cinematography	David Higgs
Edited by	Beverley Mills
Music by	Theo Green
Production; companies	Isle of Man Film; Newscope Films; Parti Productions; Code Red
Distributed by	108 Media; Pinewood Pictures
Release date	4 April 2014 (UK);
Running time	104 mins
Country	UK
Language	English

Honour is a 2014 British contemporary thriller film focusing on "honour killings".

Plot

The story depicts a young woman, Mona, living in London with her family of Pakistani origins. Mona has a boyfriend of whom her family do not approve, and believe the relationship to be a blight on the family's honour. After plans to elope fail, Mona is forced to go on the run from her family, who attempt to locate and punish her, which will likely lead to her being killed.^[1]

Cast

Paddy Considine as Bounty Hunter
Aiysha Hart as Mona
Faraz Ayub as Kasim
Shubham Saraf as Adel
Harvey Virdi as Mona's mother
Nikesh Patel as Tanvir

Reception

The critical reception was mixed, receiving a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with a consensus that the positives of Khan's direction were wasted on a "formulaic, intermittently effective thriller". Rex Reed in the New York Observer saying it is "no masterpiece, but it is an accomplished debut",^[2] and Jeanette Catsoulis in The New York Times commenting "what this confident debut lacks in subtlety, it more than makes up in execution".^[3] Mark Kermode of The Observer reviewed the film giving it a rating of 2 out of 5 stars saying it "avoids worthiness but succumbs to melodrama".^[4]

References

^ Stephen Dalton, London (4 April 2014). "Honour: Film review. Low-budget British feature about Islamic honor killings is a partially successful hybrid of social-realist drama and escapist revenge thriller". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 November 2014. An uneven mix of serious issue movie and sensational thrill ride, Honour is no masterpiece, but it is an accomplished debut.
^ Rex Reed (7 July 2014). "Run, Mona, run: Aiysha Hart stars in this complicated look at honor killings". New York Observer. Retrieved 12 November 2014. Aiysha Hart delivers a mesmerizing performance as a beautiful Pakistani immigrant raised in England who disgraces her family by planning an elopement with a handsome preppie Punjabi boy.
^ Jeannette Catsoulis (10 July 2014). "'Honour,' a Thriller About British Muslims". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 November 2014. There's nothing amateurish, however, about Shan Khan's writing and directing, unless you count a weakness for melodrama and a pacing more suited to entertainment than to enlightenment.
^ "Honour review – Shan Khan's 'conflicted' first feature". the Guardian. 5 April 2014.