T2 Trainspotting
Directed by:
Danny BoyleScreenplay:
John HodgeCinematography:
Anthony Dod MantleCast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Anjela Nedyalkova, Shirley Henderson, Irvine Welsh, Simon Weir (more)VOD (1)
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First there was an opportunity... then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle). Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him, ready to join the dance. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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It’s good to see them again after so long. Their characters are simply awesome and the chemistry between them still works. The Renton/Begbie restroom scene is the best one in the movie. Danny Boyle is a timeless artist and a music-video master. But... It must have been obvious to everyone that the script, the impetus for their meeting and all that came out of it, is very weak. That it puts them together by force. I wouldn’t have minded that much if the first Trainspotting wasn’t such a cult movie for me and I didn’t consider Boyle an artist who has no need for this.
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A bunch of unlikeable characters return to the scene and it's pretty boring. Instead of drugs, they drop a couple of beers at most, the humour has disappeared, there are no interesting scenes and the fact that I had to see the film three times to get a positive report card doesn't do much either. 50%
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Trainspotting was like jumping on an express train that goes nowhere. T2 is like waiting for a train that has gone by a long time ago. The fact that I consider this futile nostalgia and cycle to be thematized as one of the main elements of the plot and the new destinies of the old characters, is a mitigating circumstance, not redemption and quality. It's like sitting for two hours with a raffish guy who expressively explains what the ride was like in the 1990s. You listen, but in the end you are glad that you will (hopefully) never see him again.
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It's not as strong and intense as the original film, but still, you enjoy returning to the characters, and you still let yourself be affected by the energy that Boyle exudes, whether it's through the camera, editing, or even more action-packed sequences, especially towards the end. This is no longer a film with cult status, but it's still a good film and a demonstration that sometimes your past can really mess you up.
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I don't know what Danny Boyle intended to do with this sequel to the original Trainspotting, but unfortunately, he didn't manage to get rid of the nostalgia that tends to run through all sequels, perhaps across all cinemas around the world. And the more years since the first movie, the more nostalgic these sequels tend to get. Trainspotting included.
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