Remember These People?
In 1996, this cast blew the doors of British cinema with a raucous, profane, and exhilarating movie experience, which included THIS:
Welcome To The “Worst” Toilet In Scotland!
Yes, you remember this scene: along with babies crawling on the ceiling, “Spud” soiling his girlfriend’s family sheets, and so much more….and guess what?
The Boys Are Back In Town!
That’s right! After twenty years apart, the gang is back in a “must see” movie:
“T2” Is Here! The Long-Awaited Sequel To A Masterpiece Has Arrived!
Here is how “Trainspotting 2” is described:
“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.”
Check out the trailer:
The entire cast is back – here is the plot:
“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.”
I can’t wait to see this film, which has already opened in the UK to sterling reviews…here is something I shared with my friends on the terrific website “ActionAGoGo” – and it all begins with the opening monologue from the original film:
“Choose your future. Choose life…”
With those words, the original Trainspotting sent viewers off on an adrenelin-fuelled adventure through the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland.
As Director Danny Bowle said, Trainspotting was designed to be:
“most energetic film you’ve ever seen – about something that ultimately ends up in purgatory or worse.”
Here are three reasons that “Trainspotting” is a great action film.
First, the opening credits – Director Boyle says the Beastie Boys music video “Sabotage” inspired him to start the movie with a foot chase through the streets.
The second reason? This guy!
Meet Begbie, the leader of this groups of misfits who can’t hanve a drink in a bar without starting an action-filled melee. As he says in the film about puling of a robbery with a fake gun:
“Armed robbery. With a replica. I mean, how the f*$^% can it be armed robbery with a f&#*ing replica?”
The third reason that Trainspotting is a great action film takes place here:
Yes, it’s the filthiest toilet in Scotland. When Ewan MacGregor loses his drugs in there, he has only one option:
Now THAT’S action! Trainspotting is a classic film, and these three reasons are just the tio of the iceberg…check out the original trailer and see this before the sequel comes out!
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Interesting post!!
I watched Trainspotting, less than 15 years ago!! I loved it, what a clever movie. I even bought Irvine Welsh’s novel, some years ago; but am yet to read it!!
I’d love to watch the sequel now.
I like your inclusion of the 2 trailers.
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Thanks for your comment! It only opens in a few theaters this weekend but hopefully will expand from there!
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I’m dying to see it, but it’s not even showing in Phoenix. I have no choice but to wait it out. I loved the first one.
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Cindy, only 5 theaters in LA and New York this weekend, but it should expand afterwards….hopefully!
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Sigh.
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Loved the original. Carlyle is such a good actor, he stole the film for me. Not so sure about a sequel, though you are right to say that it has received good reviews here.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, I hope it was worth making – I still haven’t seen the “Ab Fab” movie from last year, which sank without a trace here in the states…
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Me neither. I loved the TV series, so will probably buy the film on DVD at a bargain price!
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