Trainspotting
Movie Review on Trainspotting
Title: Trainspotting, 1996
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Setting: Leith, Edinburgh, late 1980’s
Characters:
Ewan McGregor as Renton
Jonny Lee Miller as Sick boy
Robert Carlyle as Begbie
Ewen Bremner as Spud
Kevin McKidd as Tommy
Kelly McDonald as Diane
Summary:
Mark Renton, a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy and Spud. Renton and his friends also hang out with Begbie. Then one day, Renton decides to give up heroin. But, he realized he needs one last high to get him through the night, he buys rectal suppositories from a dealer, Mikey Forrester (Irvine Welsh). After that last hit, Renton locks himself into a cheap room to endure the drug withdrawal. He then goes to a nightclub with his friends. He eventually leaves with a young woman named Diane. In the morning, Renton realizes that Diane is in fact a 14 year old schoolgirl. Horrified, Renton tries to shake off the incident but remains friends with Diane.
Tommy is dumped by his girlfriend Lizzy (Pauline Lynch) after a string of events unintentionally initially started by Renton. Renton had previously borrowed a sex tape of Tommy and Lizzy, without their consent, hiding it in the box of a football tape. Lizzy angrily believes that Tommy had returned the tape to the video store. Sick Boy, Spud and Renton decide to use heroin again and a broken-hearted Tommy asks to try it to see why they like it so much, despite Renton's unwillingness.
One night after a heroin session, the gang is violently interrupted by Allison who has discovered that her child, Dawn has died. All are shocked, especially Sick Boy who is
Title: Trainspotting, 1996
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Setting: Leith, Edinburgh, late 1980’s
Characters:
Ewan McGregor as Renton
Jonny Lee Miller as Sick boy
Robert Carlyle as Begbie
Ewen Bremner as Spud
Kevin McKidd as Tommy
Kelly McDonald as Diane
Summary:
Mark Renton, a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy and Spud. Renton and his friends also hang out with Begbie. Then one day, Renton decides to give up heroin. But, he realized he needs one last high to get him through the night, he buys rectal suppositories from a dealer, Mikey Forrester (Irvine Welsh). After that last hit, Renton locks himself into a cheap room to endure the drug withdrawal. He then goes to a nightclub with his friends. He eventually leaves with a young woman named Diane. In the morning, Renton realizes that Diane is in fact a 14 year old schoolgirl. Horrified, Renton tries to shake off the incident but remains friends with Diane.
Tommy is dumped by his girlfriend Lizzy (Pauline Lynch) after a string of events unintentionally initially started by Renton. Renton had previously borrowed a sex tape of Tommy and Lizzy, without their consent, hiding it in the box of a football tape. Lizzy angrily believes that Tommy had returned the tape to the video store. Sick Boy, Spud and Renton decide to use heroin again and a broken-hearted Tommy asks to try it to see why they like it so much, despite Renton's unwillingness.
One night after a heroin session, the gang is violently interrupted by Allison who has discovered that her child, Dawn has died. All are shocked, especially Sick Boy who is