Brilliant Piece of Filmmaking!

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2004)

Danny Boyle and his crew crafted a wonderful piece of story telling that escaped the bounds of a simple "drug" movie. It's disturbing, violent, and sick, yet manages to understand at its heart what the problems are with drugs in reality. In many ways it is very much like Pulp Fiction (though not as well written) but has the underlying morality. Through all of the sickness and disgust, the protagonist knows what is wrong and is trying to fix it.
Apart from Shallow Grave, I haven't really appreciated much Boyle has done, but Trainspotting lands high on my list as great pieces of work of the last century.
Trainspotting isn't for everyone, but it is a wonderful example of shoe-sting filmmaking.
***.5/****