Trainspotting is for me the best modern British film which tells the story of four "so called friends" from Edinburgh, Scotland enjoying the highs and suffering the lows, of heroin addiction, while indulging in petty theft, sex, booze and violence whenever they are capable of it.
This is a dark and ironic take on young junkies at their anti-social worst, directed with terrific energy and style by Danny Boyle, it's a witty version of the usual documentary approach to these sort of subjects, and is excellently acted by its ensemble cast. The story is told through the narration of (Ewan McGregor) who plays Mark Renton cropped haired and cheeckier then a Sex Pistol this is easily his best role to date. Renton is a bad person trying to go straight and "choose life" but finds it very difficult with his no-hoper friends dragging him down, gormless Spud (Ewan Bremner), untrustworthy Sean Connery obsessed Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and little psycho beer monster Begbie played both intensely and hileriously by (Robert Carlyle) who just about steals the show, he's like a Scottish Joe Pesci.
The soundtrack is also excellent and all in all a great movie which cost £2m to make but went on to gross nearly £50m world wide.
Mark: 8.5/10
This is a dark and ironic take on young junkies at their anti-social worst, directed with terrific energy and style by Danny Boyle, it's a witty version of the usual documentary approach to these sort of subjects, and is excellently acted by its ensemble cast. The story is told through the narration of (Ewan McGregor) who plays Mark Renton cropped haired and cheeckier then a Sex Pistol this is easily his best role to date. Renton is a bad person trying to go straight and "choose life" but finds it very difficult with his no-hoper friends dragging him down, gormless Spud (Ewan Bremner), untrustworthy Sean Connery obsessed Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and little psycho beer monster Begbie played both intensely and hileriously by (Robert Carlyle) who just about steals the show, he's like a Scottish Joe Pesci.
The soundtrack is also excellent and all in all a great movie which cost £2m to make but went on to gross nearly £50m world wide.
Mark: 8.5/10