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The most remarkable thing about “T2 Trainspotting” (other than the sequel’s stupid in-joke of a title) is that all of the original film’s heroin junkie heroes are somehow still alive. It’s been 21 years since Danny Boyle first made smack look a little bit too cool, and 1996 feels several eons removed from the post-Brexit nonsense we’re dealing with now, but Scotland’s four favorite dope fiends haven’t changed nearly as much as the world around them. They’re still addicts, even if some of them have found a new drug of choice. They’re still fools, even if Boyle has made so many slick movies about the perils of romanticizing self-destruction (e.g. “A Life Less Ordinary,” “The Beach,” and “Steve Jobs”) that it’s hard to take him seriously as a voice of reason. Worst of all, they’re still a lot of fun to watch, even if they no longer have all that much on their minds.

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Choose a disappointing sequel to a critically acclaimed original.

(Not the film, the review.)

its been 20 years and ewan mcgregor STILL looks like a snack and a half... not too shabby for a white man

I WILL LAY MY LIFE DOWN FOR MR DANIEL "SPUD" MURPHY

it's not too often that one actually needs to turn on subtitles to be able to understand a film in their first language

fuckin love bein fae scotland nae other place in the world like it everything about the place is amazin, fae the normal cunts tea the junkies everybody knows wit a good laugh is, its just wan big coutry fulla patter

is danny boyle really trying to tell me that sick boy still bleaches his hair 20 years later???

Really love this film, and truly think it’s stands up to the original 

The scene in the right wing royalist pub is up there with best scenes of all time

dogshite

It’s good... for what it is. Danny Boyle still has a knack for finding the funny side of inherently grim subject matter and the movie has enough to say to justify its own existence even if it’s not nearly as focused or poignant as the original (obviously)

Danny is kinda overrated

A movie that asks for, nay demands, subtitles.

Probably the best possible thing you could imagine from a 21 year on sequel that has no real reason to exist. Burns out at the end but the first hour or so has real magic.

Choose to speak intelligible English

hated those freeze frames during the fight and that fucking "choose life" monologue, but other than that I thought this was a really good sequel. I thought the developments were reasonable, and I absolutely believe that Simon would still bleach his hair btw.

“ Just chose life “

the sequel we never knew we needed.

Excellent sequel. Stays true to the characters and there natural evolution in life.

This had such a dodgeball with Vince vaughn energy so it was interesting for the story to be about what it was. Very charming and good sequel, if a bit boomery

Not quite good as the first one and that's a thing. But you know, I've been lately find this film kind of rewatchable. I mean, there are certainly some script decisions which I don't really like, specifically the whole third act. And, you know, it's kind of a bummer.

However, I just really dig the idea of what it has to offer when it comes to the technicality and style of it all. And just ultimately the fact that this is one of those few look forward experiences, which I just hardly ever find.