Honey Don't!

The film opens at the scene of a car accident in Bakersfield, California involving a woman named Mia Novotny (Kara Petersen). Another woman named Chere (Lera Abova) arrives and takes a ring with a cross symbol from Mia’s finger. She then goes skinny-dipping in the lake and leaves on her motorcycle before police arrive on the scene. Private Investigator Honey O’Donahue (Margaret Qualley) arrives at the accident scene and meets with Detective Marty Metakawich (Charlie Day). Honey recognizes Mia but lies to Marty and says she was not a client of Honey’s. Marty also tries to hit on Honey, but she tells him that she likes girls. Honey then goes to her office, where her assistant Spider (Gabby Beans) introduces her to a new client, Mr. Siegfried (Billy Eichner). He tells Honey that he believes his boyfriend is seeing someone else and wants her help in investigating him. After work, she goes to visit her sister Heidi (Kristen Connolly), a single mother to multiple kids, including rebellious teen Corinne (Talia Ryder). While the sisters discuss their lives, Corinne is picked up by her boyfriend Mickie (Alexander Carstoiu). At the Four-Way Temple Church, Reverend Drew Devlin (Chris Evans) is having sex with one of his members when his right hand man Shuggie (Josh Pafchek) comes to inform him that one of their drivers, Little Joey (Matt Berberi), has overdosed on their drug supply, while his father, Big Little Joey (Steve Lantz), weeps as he holds his son’s body. He later is met by Chere, who is the liaison between Drew and some French drug traffickers. She informs Drew that the French are not happy with the way he is handling business after Mia was found dead, possibly linking her to the church, but Drew denies being involved with her. Honey starts

to look into Mia’s death. She speaks to MG Falcone (Aubrey Plaza), an officer that she shares a mutual attraction with, and gets an address for Mia’s home, where she meets Mia’s mother (Kinna McInroe). While it seemed as though Mia was a regular nice girl, Honey finds an S&M outfit among Mia’s belongings in her bedroom. At a bar, a young man named Colligan (Christian Antidormi) is approached by a dealer named Hector (Jacnier Rios). Colligan does not have money for the drugs that he is buying from Hector after a second time of doing the same thing, but he offers to perform oral sex on Hector. He responds with disgust and knocks Colligan off, but as he flees, he accidentally runs Colligan over. The scene is witnessed by the bartender, who starts to call someone. Drew finds out about what happened with Hector since he was one of the church’s dealers. He sends Shuggie to go and take care of Hector. While Hector is doing laundry, Shuggie murders his grandmother. Hector and Shuggie fight, with Shuggie shooting Hector after getting stabbed in the throat with a fork, but he beats Shuggie to death with an iron before fleeing and taking Shuggie’s gun. Hector runs to the church and runs into Drew having S&M sex with two women and tries to shoot him. Hector misses each shot and is disarmed, and Drew kills him in front of his horrified guests. Honey is once again met by a distraught Mr. Siegfried, as Colligan was his boyfriend and he just learned of his death. Later, Honey goes to the bar and runs into MG. She fingers Honey at the bar, and the two later go to Honey’s place for sex. In the morning, Honey finds Corinne at her door with a

black eye, given to her by Mickie. Honey treats her niece’s wound and goes to work, where she learns about the Four-Way Temple. Honey goes to the church and speaks to Drew, questioning him about Mia’s death and the sexual activities in the church. He once again denies having any involvement with Mia whatsoever, and he makes a feeble attempt to hit on Honey as well. She leaves without any vital information, but she can see that Drew uses his power to prey on troubled women like Mia. At Corinne’s job, she sees an older man (Kale Browne) sitting in the restaurant, staring at her and making her uncomfortable. After her shift, she walks to the bus stop and sees the same man sitting there. He tells Corinne he loves her, spooking her and causing her to run. Honey and MG have sex again, where they bond over past traumas. MG talks about her abusive father, who was supposedly killed overseas. At her office, Honey gets a call from Heidi, who tells her that Corinne never came home and that she has not heard from her. Honey starts her search by going to Mickie’s trailer and investigating him. She beats him in retaliation for his abuse towards Corinne, but he had nothing to do with her disappearance. Honey leaves after smashing his rifle. When she returns home, she finds the old man at her house. He is Honey and Heidi’s estranged father, hoping to reconnect after abusing his wife and daughters when he was still around. He tries to put on a weepy display to make Honey feel bad, but she is unmoved. Honey goes around town looking for Corinne, but to no avail. She later gets a call from Marty, who says that Mia was stabbed before the car

crashed. Honey goes to Four-Way Temple again to have another word with Drew, suspecting that Corinne might be there. There, Drew is finishing up sex with Chere, who executes him after stating how the French are not happy with him. Honey hears the gunshot and sees Chere leaving on her motorcycle. Honey later tries to find MG at the station, but she is not there. She goes to MG’s house to surprise her, only to discover a lipstick smudge on a teacup that’s the same shade that Corinne wears. Realizing Honey knows that she kidnapped her niece, MG attacks her with a tea kettle. MG is revealed to have not only killed her father, but also Mia and two other sex workers connected to the Temple, seeing them as hopeless victims. Honey shoots MG three times before passing out from a stab wound. Honey wakes up in the hospital after Heidi has reunited with Corinne. She goes over the case’s conclusion with Marty, who once again tries to hit on her. As Honey is driving home, she sees Chere on her motorcycle and flirts with her. After learning Chere is taking a trip somewhere, Honey offers to join her. Related Movies: *CUT TO THE CHASE*Brought to you by Honey O'Donahue is a private investigator in Bakersfield who looks into the death of a woman named Mia Novotny, supposedly killed in a car accident. Mia was connected to the Four-Way Temple, led by Reverend Drew Devlin, who is involved in drug trafficking and takes in vulnerable women and sexually abuses them. One of Hector's dealers is killed after a botched drug deal, in which he accidentally killed a customer that was the boyfriend of one of Honey's clients. Honey is involved with a cop named MG Falcone, who grew up with

an abusive father. Honey's niece Corinne goes missing after running away from an old man, later revealed to be Honey's estranged father. She thinks that Drew might have something to do with Corinne's disappearance, but Chere, a woman working for Drew's employers, kills him because of his incompetence. Honey then finds out that MG was involved with kidnapping Corinne, as well as Mia's murder and two other women involved with the Temple. After a brief struggle, Honey kills MG. Honey is hospitalized, but Corinne is reunited with her mother. Honey later meets Chere and flirts with her.