2T Trainspotting 2

2T Trainspotting 2 (2017)

• Director: Danny Boyle
• Based on the book by Irvine Welsh
• Cast: Ewan MacGregor, Ewen Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullen, Shirley Henderson, Steven Robertson
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Ewan MacGregor – Our Kind of Traitor, Mortdecai, August Osage County, Jack the Giant Slayer, The Impossible, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Perfect Sense, The Ghost Writer, The Island, Star Wars, Big Fish, Young Adam, Moulin Rouge, Little Voice, Velvet Goldmine, A Life Less Ordinary, Brassed Off, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave
• Ewen Bremner – Wonder Woman, Snowpiercer, Jack the Giant Slayer, Perfect Sense, Hallam Foe, The Prince of Jylland
• Robert Carlyle – SGU Stargate Universe, Stone of Destiny, 28 Weeks Later, Flood, Black and White, Once upon a Time in the Midlands, The Full Monty, Carla’s Song, Go Now, Riff-Raff, Hamish Macbeth
• Kelly Macdonald – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Decoy Bride, No Country for Old Men, Nanny McPhee, Tristram Shandy, Intermission, The Girl in the Café, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Finding Neverland, Intermission, Gosford Park, My Life So Far, Elizabeth
• Shirley Henderson – Filth, Life During Wartime, Doctor Who, The Taming of the Shrew Re-told, Harry Potter, Tristram Shandy, Intermission, Once upon a Time in the Midlands, Topsy-Turvy, Hamish Macbeth, Rob Roy
• Steven Robertson – Doctor Who, Bletchley Circle, The Tourist, Brighton Rock, Hustle, Elizabeth the Golden Age, Kingdom of Heaven
• Why? Guess
• Seen: 5 January 2020      

       Some liked this and thought it a worthy sequel. Others hated it and thought it was a total waste. Who to believe?

       Twenty years later. Renton collapses on a running machine. Begbie is in prison. Spud is still a junkie. Sick Boy, now Simon, is a blackmailer, pimp and coke head.

       Some reunions should never happen. But fortunately, this film happened. Could it even be better than the first one? Renton’s monolog on ‘Choose life’ is heart rendering. The artistic vignettes behind the closing credits are incredibly beautiful. The whole film is a masterpiece, no matter what the critics say.

4 ½ * of 5