Best of all is Carlyle’s Begbie, still a terrifying hardman - he is cinema’s greatest C-bomber - but especially in later scenes finds vulnerabilities that make you feel for him. Their mutual attraction to Veronika also adds intrigue and Nedyalkova makes her skimpy role seem rounded and likeable. McGregor and Miller play the shifting dynamics between friends well - especially one who double crossed the other - and their relationship is the driving engine of the story. How this all builds and plays out won’t be spoiled here. And then there’s Begbie (Robert Carlyle), locked up inside but with a stomach churning way of getting out of prison, before revisiting his wife and son (who in a stroke of genius is doing a degree in hotel management) while still holding a grudge against Renton. Since double crossing his best friends in a drug deal, he has spent his time living in Amsterdam yet - for reasons never spelled out, possibly guilt - now decides to return to Edinburgh to look up old pals Sick Boy is running an extortion business filming the well-off with his prostitute/business partner Veronika (Anjela Nedyalkova) Spud (Ewen Bremner) is still on smack and estranged from his wife (Shirley Henderson in a wasted role) and kid. ![]() Two decades on Renton has swapped running from shop security guards to running on treadmills, the only highs he gets come from endorphine rushes. In a disjointed start, we learn their fates. It rides along similar lines but it is just not quite as good.
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