Review of T2 Trainspotting (2017) by Compi24 — 10 Apr 2017

Danny Boyle and co. return to Edinburgh's seedy underbelly for "T2: Trainspotting," a "Trainspotting" sequel you didn't know you deserved. Being such an instrumental step in launching the respective careers of almost everyone involved (Boyle, Hodge, McGregor, Bremner, Miller, and Carlyle included), yes, of course, the original film it going to be an integral part of the sequel.

That doesn't mean that this is the "Trainspotting" fan service picture show, however. This is a film that employs plaintive reverence in referencing and hinting at events that happened in the previous film, without hinging itself upon them.

This is because there's also a genuinely interesting and intoxicating story at the center of this sequel that helps it stand on its own. And, with the four lead performers as devoted to their beloved roles as ever, and Danny Boyle's frenetically stylistic "Boyle-isms" as on point as can be, it all ultimately renders down into a simply good film, "Trainspotting" notwithstanding.