Honour (film)

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

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 (2014-04-04) (UK)
Running time	104 mins
Country	UK
Language	English

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]