Touches You

Sick Product of a Sick System

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Starts kind of slow but this is a really good movie.The main character is young, nice and naive, she falls in love with an INSANELY attractive bad boy.Dark, twisted and dramatic... I think women will relate to this movie more then men.

I never knew this story was based on true events until I read about it after I watched it. It's actually really sad. Here you have this 15 year old girl from Trinidad (Layla), played by Jessica Sula who was taken care of by her grandparents. She was sent to London to finally go live with her mother who seems to be irritated but happy that she is there at the same time. There, Layla tries her hardest to do what her mom says and fit in at school. As I watch Layla, I can't help but think of other teenagers her age in the same situation. Wanting to change her clothes, her look, and her hair just to fit in. She finally meets a popular local rapper (Troy) played by Lucien Laviscount. Troy is immediately infatuated by Layla and puts her in his video. Another boy who likes her is Shaun, who is played by Ntonga Mwanza. For some reason, Troy and his gang don't like Shaun and almost bully him but Layla likes him as a friend and this infuriates Troy. Troy and Layla date but Layla soon finds out who he really is and who her so called friends are. But Layla is "weak" and gets caught up in a lot more than she bargains for. Classic set up. I liked this movie for the message and hoped when it ended that it all worked out for her seeing as the movie left off as a cliffhanger.

Read the good reviews but found the film stylistically confusing.sometimes a true life TV discovery channel reconstruction ,sometimes a TV melodrama with way too much use of music ,and on occasions a drama documentary with the camera and sound just hanging around. Lead actress held it all together with a spectacularly varied and deep range of facial expressive work. Hated to be disappointed . Needed a more cultural base to give it heart in a community. And more cinematic approach ..too much use of music to emphasise emotionally what we should see within the shots and structure...and too many Dream sequences from the lead character which are an easy way out to character development...needed to come from within the character and/or mis en scene.

Many are judging this movie to be another typical British 'gang' movie when this is not what it is at all. Honey Trap is about a beautiful 15 year old girl named Layla who has never known this lifestyle before. Moving over to brixton from Trinidad after living with her grandparents for so long, Layla moves in with her uncaring mother whom she has never really known. She gets sucked into this wonderful yet crappy world where she meets the local handsome rapper Troy who is a bit shifty. Layla is besotted with him. Its her first time in love. She falls so hard, but unfortunately, troy doesn't feel the same way and turns out to be another bad boy. But when troys rival, Sean falls for Layla, troy cannot help but to be jealous and envious and claims Layla as his and his only. In a sad way, Layla sort of likes it. All these beautiful and sad events lead up to one big final tragic one. Give it a chance.