A fine portrayal of the lifestyles of drug addicts and its consequences.

Rating: 8/10 (21 January 2009)

Danny Boyle's "Trainspotting" is a brave attempt on showing the destructive lifestyles that drug addicts lead and its disturbing consequences on both them and society. What makes this movie different is its fashionable way of unfolding itself which really deviates from conventional film-making. Instead of looking from a viewpoint of a non-addict, it taps into the head of a drug addict and shows the audience the bizarre world of such individual. The disturbing images blended with psychedelic music create such a world effortlessly.
The movie which is based upon a popular novel by Irvin Welsh is a about a group of drug addicts played energetically by a gifted cast. "Renton" played by Ewan McGregor can be identified as the protagonist, who narrates the story and someone who will have no problem in diving down a filthy toilet in order to recover lost drugs. His fellow drug addicts include "Spud" who is seeing as the ideal naive bloke who "hurts nobody" but screws everything up; "Sick Boy" who brags about theories and philosophies of life, but never follows them; "Tommy" who was a newbie for the whole drug routine finds himself taking drugs too many and finally "Begbie" who doesn't use drugs but is a screw up who bubbles with rage and cause havoc wherever he goes. They do drugs in an old warehouse, sleep wherever they can and then come up with ways to find money (preferably robbing, which is their only option) to score the next hit of drugs in order to cease the impending effects of heroine. Funnily enough, they even consider quitting and to find them doing even more drugs all over again.
This movie is well made with memorable scenes, but it is not without its flaws. It sometimes gets caught up in the situation of dragging itself too much without engaging in something new. However this is not to say that it is dull or dreary, far from it, it is filled with memorable dialogues and performances which makes this a refreshing mind bender to any movie goer.