4 out of 4 StarsIT IS 13 YEARS SINCE TRAINSPOTTING WAS RELEASED AND THAT IS AN AWFULLY LONG TIME FOR ANOTHER FIRST-CLASS BRITISH MOVIE ABOUT DRUG CULTURE TO COME ALONG. BUT HERE IT IS. --The Sun4 out of 4 StarsTHIS WORKS AS BOTH AN ENTERTAINING GANGSTER THRILLER AND A HARD-HITTING PIECE OF SOCIAL REALISM. ABSORBING, MOVING AND AUTHENTIC, SHIFTY NEVER ONCE STRIKES A FALSE NOTE. --Total FilmEran Creevy shows how a knowing eye and a sympathetic vision can reinvigorate the stale conventions of our own recent cycle of (sub)urban dramas. --Time Out London4 out of 4 StarsTHIS WORKS AS BOTH AN ENTERTAINING GANGSTER THRILLER AND A HARD-HITTING PIECE OF SOCIAL REALISM. ABSORBING, MOVING AND AUTHENTIC, SHIFTY NEVER ONCE STRIKES A FALSE NOTE. --Total FilmEran Creevy shows how a knowing eye and a sympathetic vision can reinvigorate the stale conventions of our own recent cycle of (sub)urban dramas. --Time Out London