T2 Trainspotting

Name: T2 Trainspotting
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: March 17, 2017
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: March 17, 2017 | R

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle

Summary: 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 friendsFirst 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.… Expand

Director: Danny Boyle

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 117 min

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Steve Persall

Mar 28, 2017

Like its predecessor T2 Trainspotting aggressively shocks and charms, a singular example of cinematic bravura now improbably duplicated. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 16, 2017

Playing with memory — the characters’ and our own — allows Mr. Boyle and his cinematographer, Anthony Dod Mantle, to conjure some of the movie’s loveliest, most melancholy images. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Mar 23, 2017

Its virtuosity, wit, fleet performances and cool self-awareness notwithstanding, T2 doesn’t feel like a necessary film as much as a respectful and respectable exercise in fan service. Read full review

The Film Stage Ed Frankl

Feb 15, 2017

Boyle’s verve as a director means there’s still plenty of vibrant imagery, alongside a script that, although lacking any of the electricity of the original’s state-of-the-nation wisecracks (“Scotland is a nation colonized by wankers”), is funny and disarmingly melancholic. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Mar 23, 2017

It’s as if Boyle is saying he isn’t afraid to visit the past. And he does it about as successfully as one could — T2 is a movie worth seeing and enjoying if you’ve seen the first film (less so if you haven’t). What he’s not as successful at is telling us why. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jan 19, 2017

Like the original, T2 is happy enough spending time with its characters whatever they get up to. Very little that happens in the film seems to affect where it’s going, and the few things that do feel dashed off, almost as an afterthought. It’s also littered with callbacks to the first film – some as stirring as they are subtle, others exasperatingly cute. Read full review

Neil Young

Jan 19, 2017

A missed opportunity on multiple levels, T2 is stylistically an overwrought rehash which relies heavily on over-caffeinated camerawork and flashy effects (cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle's trademark gritty flair is overwhelmed by a flurry of Dutch angles and freeze-frames) to distract us from its essential paucity of raison d'etre. Read full review

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kinnults

Apr 1, 2017

After 20 years, the new main "addict" is no longer the drug addiction, the aesthetic hallucinations, but it is those same routines, the comfort zone that takes us the end of the human being to final despair. Perhaps the film has always addressed this since its first film of 1996. The city ofAfter 20 years, the new main "addict" is no longer the drug addiction, the aesthetic hallucinations, but it is those same routines, the comfort zone that takes us the end of the human being to final despair. Perhaps the film has always addressed this since its first film of 1996. The city of Edinburgh is a stifling environment in which director Danny Boyle knows how to do well to interact the viewer with the iconic characters. The soundtrack and catchy phrases show us the passion to produce this fickle and captivating film in the head from the British creator Irvine Welsh. Pure and honest nostalgia. "Choose future, Choose Life".… Expand

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Armada_46

May 30, 2017

Trainspotting is one of my favourite movies and I rank them among the greatest movies ever. I'm not sure what these critics are seeing but I feel like this movie is a phenomenal sequel and one of the best, as far as sequels go. If you were ever a fan of the first one, make sure to go out ofTrainspotting is one of my favourite movies and I rank them among the greatest movies ever. I'm not sure what these critics are seeing but I feel like this movie is a phenomenal sequel and one of the best, as far as sequels go. If you were ever a fan of the first one, make sure to go out of your way and see this one too. It packs great soundtrack, cinematography, acting, and storytelling. This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat!… Expand

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GrettaH

May 11, 2021

This movie resignated with me since I saw it a while back. I really appreciate how the story unfolds even though it is not an easy watch. The filmmaking is quite compelling.

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KaptenVideo

Mar 20, 2017

What’s with the title? Everybody knows that T2 means only Terminator 2 and this kind of abbreviation should not be used in other cases! But the movie itself is not bad, not bad at all. Most of all a sequel and fan service to modern classic „Trainspotting“ (1996), still a damn fine junkieWhat’s with the title? Everybody knows that T2 means only Terminator 2 and this kind of abbreviation should not be used in other cases! But the movie itself is not bad, not bad at all. Most of all a sequel and fan service to modern classic „Trainspotting“ (1996), still a damn fine junkie movie in its own right, which flung Ewan McGregor and director Danny Boyle to international movie career-dom. It also certainly helped the other stars such as Kelly Macdonald, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner – but they have stayed relatively less known to wider public, especially just by the name.

I don’t want to reveal too much about the events but the Renton is back home and tries to make up with the old buddies that he robbed blind before leaving for good 20 years ago.

So, the gang is back, ready to give choosing life another go. If you care about the first movie, you will probably like the new one too. If you don’t know the characters and faces, then it’s probably harder to hop on the „Scottish city youth working class junkie“ train and instantly care about the main characters and their quarrels.

But everybody behind and in front of the camera gives their darndest best to make you like the material, and they succeed. The result has enough action, humor, suspense, and depth to be recommended for newcomers also.

Both „Trainspottings“ are partially based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The 1996’s movie was a straight-er adaptation, the second one uses a bit of both the original novel and the sequel „Porno“ to create something new-ish. It would be fair to call the result an action comedy that stands on its own, but keeping the original’s sense of black comedy intact, and the characters of course. „T2“ may not look much like the „Trainspotting“ but it feels so fresh and captivating that that’s not gonna be a problem. We will get all kinds of tongue-in-cheek nods to the original experience but the visual style is exciting and modern, as it should many years later. Boyle truly is one of the more interesting directors working today, as his countless fans would gladly agree. .I’ve read many of Welsh’s books, including „Trainspotting“ and „Porno“. I’ve also seen all of the movie versions (excluding „Ecstasy“), with the favorite being „The Acid House“. I feel that „T2“ is the most un-Welsh-like adaptation so far, and it strays from the novel, but it’s not a bad thing because the movie makers have managed to carve out something new, fresh and interesting. There’s less of doing drugs in „T2“ but somehow there’s an even sharper sense of what drugs can do to a person and relationships in the long run. The deeper message is sharp: if you don’t find a meaning to your life, there’s not gonna be much of a life for you in store.

Acting is fine all around but I especially like how much Carlyle as the notorious Begbie has changed. He seems even more reckless, horrifying and dangerous than before – up there with cinema history’s greatest bad guys surely –, but there’s also a new unspoken dimension of sadness and unlived potential which the actor translates and brings to the screen. It’s a masterful performance and actually the emotional anchor to movie as a whole.

So all in all, this is a good example of a sequel done right. I did not exactly need this but am surely glad that they made it anyway, and with some conviction and purpose. It will not stay in memory as long as the predecessor but it’s well made in every aspect!… Expand

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MattBrady99

Aug 16, 2017

"Trainspotting 2" is creative and absolutely bonkers coming from Danny Boyle. The whole thing is on speed, never losing heat. While not having a straight forward narrative that many will lose interest in. A sequel to a already brilliant movie seems unneeded, but I was along with the ride and"Trainspotting 2" is creative and absolutely bonkers coming from Danny Boyle. The whole thing is on speed, never losing heat. While not having a straight forward narrative that many will lose interest in. A sequel to a already brilliant movie seems unneeded, but I was along with the ride and enjoyed every minute of it. Good to see the old gang again.

The soundtrack and ending was amazing by the way. It's the highlight of the film for me.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

amheretojudge

Jun 1, 2018

resurrection for incarceration..

T2 Trainspotting After a massive success and a long time return to their home, the makers wants to take their time on this one and really chew it off and enjoy thoroughly as much as they can. And in order to do so, they somewhere between there looses itsresurrection for incarceration..

T2 Trainspotting

After a massive success and a long time return to their home, the makers wants to take their time on this one and really chew it off and enjoy thoroughly as much as they can. And in order to do so, they somewhere between there looses its original essence and doesn't account the viewers requirements. Having said that, it doesn't suggest that it is a bad one in any possible way, its just that it doesn't live up to the expectation that its predecessor set. There is a genuine purpose and a closure to a sort-of open ending left in its first installment, and this is what helps the feature from sinking completely below average. The writing is still intriguing, unpredictable and justifying in its own terms and perspective depicted in here. The newer edition in this second act would definitely be the visuals which is the highlight of it as it is mesmerizing and cringing at the same time and all the credit goes to the amazing and poetic cinematography. Danny Boyle is no short on execution but the screenplay is the real culprit in here that sucks out its soul before it even gets the chance to breathe. Again, on performance objective, Ewan McGregor has got it covered and is supported too with a decent cast. T2 Trainspotting is basically the resurrection for incarceration, of the beloved character who fails to create the anticipated magic that the audience were expecting especially returning after these many years.… Expand

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machetethrills

May 24, 2017

This film is like reading old graffiti in a toilet then drawing a sad face next to it using a syringe as a pen.

T2 Trainspotting is an extended recap of Trainspotting without the promise of a cyborg Armageddon "Previously in trainspotting, a bunch of losers took heroine and danced to iggyThis film is like reading old graffiti in a toilet then drawing a sad face next to it using a syringe as a pen.

T2 Trainspotting is an extended recap of Trainspotting without the promise of a cyborg Armageddon

"Previously in trainspotting, a bunch of losers took heroine and danced to iggy pop".

As relevant as Begbies wasted erection. Load of old pish basically.

Shame on Irvine Welsh and Danny Boyle for polluting the world with this drug propoganda music video.… Expand

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