Saint Spud

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2006)

All the characters in this film are great, everyone of them in their own unique way. Not that any of them are nice guys, no forget that, even our hero Mark Renton is not exactly a saint. basically its a survival of the fittest in the bleak side of Scotland. There is that scene when they attempt to bugger off together and do something different in the fresh air country side. How quickly they lose their motivation, I would have kept walking towards those mountains man, no matter what. Im from Malta and the drug scene here is due to the lack of such opportunities to do something else if you ask me. This film is pretty heavy for straight characters because you really got to understand these individuals before calling them social parasites, you got to see the world from their eyes.....and thats what trainspotting is offering. After watching this movie i thought that trainspotting was the slang word for the heroin addict that looks like he is searching his destination on a map as he finds the spot on his wrist to take his hit. This film really does hold your attention.