It's not merely about drug addiction, but about the relationship between wasted youth and the spiritually bankrupt society that has alienated them.

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2010)

The film has been ranked 10th spot by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of all time. Heroin addiction seen through the experiences of four young Scottish friends whose lives are coloured by petty crime, sex, alcohol and violence - sometimes simultaneously.
With its memorable opening, the iconic 'Choose life' monologue and the scene of Mark Renton haring down Edinburgh's Princess Street, being chased by cops, Trainspotting announces itself as a jolting, amoral, adrenalin-fuelled departure from the British film tradition. Its high-energy performances ooze conviction and almost casually convey the bleak reality and dangers of drugs. It's brave, fearless, sickening, relentlessly offensive - and impossible to ignore.