T2 Trainspotting Reviews

If I wasn't conquered but the original; forget this glamorization fashionalization of ex yonkis trying to build start ups (that's not even the conscious plot) in Scotland...

Like anyone else, I had some mixed feelings when I heard that they would make a sequel for this classic. Eventually, after watching the damned thing, did we really need this sequel? Probably not but was it a bad movie? Certainly not either. Indeed, what made this movie still work was the fact that Danny Boyle was involved and the original cast as well. It was especially really neat to see Ewan McGregor finally working again  with this director after 20 long years but the rest of the cast (Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle) was fine as well. I also enjoyed the fact that they didn't give all these characters some average middle-class lifes with wife, kids and a decent job. Indeed, Spud was still a heroin addict, Simon (AKA Sick boy) kicked off the habit but was still a cocain addict, Begbie spent all these years in prison and Renton  who first seemed to have turned around his life eventually didn't have much to brag about either. So, the set-up was pretty good but I'm afraid the makers still struggled to give these characters something interesting to do. Indeed, the whole thing was pretty random and they were several attempts to get them involved in some various sub-plots but they were all rather half-baked. Furthermore, they kept referring constantly the past but I'm not sure if it was the best approach to make this movie stand out from its predecessor. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you enjoyed 'Trainspotting' .