This is a tricky movie to review, it's a little all over the place at times and while occasionally it gets interesting it as often is rather boring.And that has to do partly with the fact that pretty much everyone except for the victim are disgusting human beings and it focuses more on them than it does the only sympathetic character in the movie, and they aren't that fleshed out characters either to make up for it.Paddy Considine is all over the poster but for the first hour he merely shows up here and there and it often made me wonder what his characters purpose even was, he ended up serving a purpose in the end though but yeah he's definitely not a lead character for the first hour that's for sure and clearly only on the poster to attract viewers.I'm conflicted about the movie regarding it's subject, on one hand I do think that it's important to bring up cause honour killings do occur all over the world.It's just the way it was dealt with that didn't sit right with me, cause they simplified it all and it almost felt like it was suggesting that any Muslim can turn into a vicious killer at any moment because of their pride, and other Muslims accept it which is an idea that the right-wing media is already trying to sell to the world causing racism and this movie will surely not help to prevent that from happening.Not saying that you should hide away from subjects just for fear of such things but yeah it made it all seem so simple to what is a very complicated issue, it needed to be handled in a much more delicate manner, and perhaps it would have helped if there were any decent people in it beyond the victim to show that not everyone is like this.

I find it a little ridiculous that a few reviews have based their review on their own religious views, g-h-f from London seemed more interested that they are a Pakinstani from England...what that has got to do with an honest critique beats me. The film shows it how it is, anyone with any real life experience will know this movie has portrayed the subject truthfully, there's no 'disrespect' to any religion or nationality, this movie is accurate and at the same time worrying. About time a director told it like it is and not namby pamby around the subject. It is what it is, unacceptable, awful, cruel and disrespectful to women and indeed to society. More films should tell the truth and be direct rather than try to be PC.

"Two people love each other, why can't people be happy for them? He's Punjabi, Mona. He's Muslim, Adel. Yeah, but that ain't how it works."Occasionally you watch a movie with a rarely used (or abused) topic. No alien creatures threatening to destroy humanity, not another childish story about a post-apocalyptic world with a youngster as a liberator, not again cheap humor in a silly comedy with overstressed eager beaver, not an average action story with muscled guys or a horror with once again an evil spirit being driven out by using medieval rituals to the place where it came from. "Honour" is about honor killings. Despite our modern society this ancient use is still applicable in some cultures. Especially in the Muslim communities they sometimes fall back on this custom. Mostly the targeted persons are those who ashamed their family and, believe it or not, these mad acts are justified by certain laws of Islam. In some countries the majority of perpetrators go unpunished like in Pakistan. It's a despicable thought that there are hundreds of women being killed each year because they have violated the family honor. And that's the starting point of this film."Honour" is a gray and depressing impression of the beautiful Mona (Aiysha Heart) whose life enters a gruesome cycle of violence after she began an affair with a Punjabi and therefore experiences the wrath of her primal conservative mother (Harvey Virdi). Mona's mother (the similarity with the nasty witch from Hansel and Gretel is striking) and brother Kasim (Faraz Ayub) first try to take the law into their own hands. This goes wrong (in an incomprehensible way) and they hire a bounty hunter (Paddy Considine) to liquidate Mona.You can call the performances of the actress Aiysha Hart and the other actors commendable. Persuasive and dedicated. A cast that does its utmost to realize a credible and realistic story. Considine plays a sublime character role. You can see the duality in his character evolving. From a cold blooded, racist assassin into a true understanding person who apparently still has a bit of humanity inside him. Despite these superb performances, the film still fails on several points. Apparently Shan Khan couldn't really decide whether it should be a didactic documentary or a thriller. It's not a documentary because the background of the problem is pretty vaguely presented and there's hardly any explanation. For a thriller, there has been as much as no suspense. Also, the storyline was pretty confusing because of the constant use of time jumps and constantly viewing the same situation from a different viewpoint. The whole movie was like a Spaghetti Bolognaise: tasteful with a clew of story lines.Despite being a low-budget film, "Honour" partly succeeded to convince. It throws some light on a mysterious and incomprehensible to our standards culture, where barbaric practices are still honored. All in all I thought it was a good movie and a must see, if only to conclude that unfortunately such practices are still part of our modern society. And despite the dark atmosphere, this film also shows a gentle side so there remains still a bit of hope. Technically, I thought the executed idea of the film being a loop, not unkind and creative. More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be

Honour starts off interesting enough; a young woman Mona (Aiysha Hart) is living at home with her mother and 2 brothers Kasim (Faraz Ayub) and Adel (Shubham Saraf). Mona lives with her strict and devout Muslim mother (Harvey Virdi), who resents Mona for not following her lead - she refuses to speak her native tongue, she also refuses to wear a headscarf etc. Things become worse for Mona when she meets and falls in love with Tanvir (Nikesh Patel). Her family refuse to accept the fact that she intends to marry this man due to the fact that Tanvir isn't one of their own. However, Mona refuses to listen to her family and consequently goes on the run. Mona's mother hires Bounty Hunter (Paddy Considine)to find her daughter and bring her back home.I think the main reason I was disappointed with this is that it just wasn't what I was expecting (unfortunately not in a good way). I expected an edge of your seat 'cat and mouse' chase involving The Bounty Hunter and Mona, but what I actually got was a boring film that took a very long time to not really go anywhere. I thought that the pace would pick up once Considine's character was introduced, but as soon as he started saying 'This is one last job' and 'My heart's not in this anymore' or words to that effect that it would be predictable that he would decide to help Mona. Whilst it was nice to see Considine helping her out, it meant that the film ended up lacking any tension and the film was less enjoyable as a result.The film was shot out of sequence where the end of the film is shown at the beginning. I didn't mind the fact that the film was shot out of sequence because the film wasn't difficult to follow, but I personally just found it to be far too repetitive and found that it never really got going. None of the characters had much depth to them which didn't help as I found myself not caring for any of the characters on screen. The chemistry between Mona and Tanvir was quite poor and I wasn't convinced by their romance whatsoever.There were other minor things that annoyed me such as Mona's mother giving Mona a hard time for speaking in English rather than her mother's native tongue, but then a bit later in the film Mona's mother starts talking in English. That just didn't make much sense to me. The whole murder scene involving Mona was a bit stupid as well - they strangle her and assume her to be dead, they then carry her body to the woods in a box. However, when Adel opens the box, Mona lashes out at him and makes good her escape. It is obvious that she was playing dead, but I found it hard to believe that nobody thought to check her pulse before they put her in the box. I'll admit that her escape came as a bit of a surprise, but I was still a little bit disappointed due to how contrived it felt.Considine is likely to be the only recognisable face in this film for most people and he does an OK job here (although I personally feel that this is far from his best work). Everyone else was OK, but there weren't any standout performances.Honour had the potential to be a great film; the premise was good, but I found the film to be far too repetitive and boring for the most part. Even when Considine was introduced, the film still didn't really go anywhere - he finds her far too easily and then decides to help her. This to me doesn't make for a particularly 'thrilling' film. Again this twist was nice, but it made the film a lot less exciting and a lot less tense than it could have been.The only positives from this film come in the last 10-15 minutes. In these final few minutes, the film had a bit of tension and energy which was severely lacking in the rest of the film. I also like the message behind the film and it will no doubt help to open people's eyes to the appalling treatment which still occurs to some Muslim women. It's just a shame that for the most part that Honour was so boring.