T2 Trainspotting

TriStar Pictures | Release Date: March 17, 2017

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 222 Ratings

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MattBrady99Aug 16, 2017

"Trainspotting 2" is creative and absolutely bonkers coming from Danny Boyle. The whole thing is on speed, never losing heat. While not having a straight forward narrative that many will lose interest in. A sequel to a already brilliant movie"Trainspotting 2" is creative and absolutely bonkers coming from Danny Boyle. The whole thing is on speed, never losing heat. While not having a straight forward narrative that many will lose interest in. A sequel to a already brilliant movie seems unneeded, but I was along with the ride and enjoyed every minute of it. Good to see the old gang again.

The soundtrack and ending was amazing by the way. It's the highlight of the film for me.… Expand

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oDjentoMar 17, 2017

Whilst this film doesn't feel as kinetic as the original it provides us with a nice viewon ageing and what is does (or doesn't) do for us. This film does seem a lot more pointless and the ending gets racked up into a silly hollywood-likeWhilst this film doesn't feel as kinetic as the original it provides us with a nice viewon ageing and what is does (or doesn't) do for us. This film does seem a lot more pointless and the ending gets racked up into a silly hollywood-like chase, and with some gratuitous cinematic and editing decisions made that shows this films wants to be something new but can't let go it's predecessor. The film overall becomes sloppy and overdramatic in its narrative, but still offers enough visual and comedic wonder to the screen to make it at least a worthwhile watch. This film is funnier than the first, but in no way is it better. An enjoyable, yet needless reunion. 6.0/10… Expand

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NavyBeanJul 1, 2017

It's not bad but way too reverential of its own origins. Which I adored. Spud hams it up and and a couple of cameos for good measure. I did like the Carlisle arc with his family. I wish he would have continued it through the end.

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FadeBlackJul 3, 2017

Kind of a cool sequel, but not nearly as interesting as the first. Enjoyed the performances, but hard to recommend it very strongly. The new female character was out of place I thought.

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PanchogulJul 25, 2020

Le pongo un 6 mas que todo por respeto a su predecesora, la cual me gustó mucho, esta, sin embargo no logró cautivarme ni un poco, es prácticamente lo mismo pero 20 años después.

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amheretojudgeJun 1, 2018

resurrection for incarceration..

T2 Trainspotting After a massive success and a long time return to their home, the makers wants to take their time on this one and really chew it off and enjoy thoroughly as much as they can. And in order toresurrection for incarceration..

T2 Trainspotting

After a massive success and a long time return to their home, the makers wants to take their time on this one and really chew it off and enjoy thoroughly as much as they can. And in order to do so, they somewhere between there looses its original essence and doesn't account the viewers requirements. Having said that, it doesn't suggest that it is a bad one in any possible way, its just that it doesn't live up to the expectation that its predecessor set. There is a genuine purpose and a closure to a sort-of open ending left in its first installment, and this is what helps the feature from sinking completely below average. The writing is still intriguing, unpredictable and justifying in its own terms and perspective depicted in here. The newer edition in this second act would definitely be the visuals which is the highlight of it as it is mesmerizing and cringing at the same time and all the credit goes to the amazing and poetic cinematography. Danny Boyle is no short on execution but the screenplay is the real culprit in here that sucks out its soul before it even gets the chance to breathe. Again, on performance objective, Ewan McGregor has got it covered and is supported too with a decent cast. T2 Trainspotting is basically the resurrection for incarceration, of the beloved character who fails to create the anticipated magic that the audience were expecting especially returning after these many years.… Expand

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SpangleAug 11, 2017

It has been a fair while since I watched Danny Boyle's Trainspotting, but T2 Trainspotting is nonetheless a welcomed return to Edinburgh, where we find our protagonists from the first film. While possessing the same characters and much of theIt has been a fair while since I watched Danny Boyle's Trainspotting, but T2 Trainspotting is nonetheless a welcomed return to Edinburgh, where we find our protagonists from the first film. While possessing the same characters and much of the same spirit as its predecessor, the film rarely feels like it is anything but a sequel. It is the kind of film that reminisces on the events of the previous film - a lot of which is brought on naturally with the characters having not seen one another for 20 years either - and never really takes the time to establish its own memories. It is so caught in the past, it forgets to establish the present, opting instead to spend the whole rehashing old plot points and then just winding up ending the same exact way essentially. It is the kind of sequel that, as it goes along, it just sort of winks at the audience and asks, "You remember that part of the first movie?" While still a largely positive experience, Boyle and his sequel never really live up to the original nor does it ever establish why this was necessary.

As with the original, T2 Trainspotting continues to feel like a perfect match between material and director. Focusing on this group of junkies and where they are 20 years later, the film shows some dabbling in drugs and some general re-focusing of their addiction on something positive. Yet, the jump cuts, the "hip-hop" cuts, and constant musical feeling to the film is right up Boyle's alley. His jarring and uncomfortable method of shooting films always leaves his work feeling wholly original and an experience that can only come when watching a Boyle film. After seeing Steve Jobs be largely devoid of Boyle's voice in favor of Aaron Sorkin's, it is a welcome return to "Boyle the auteur" instead of "Boyle the hired gun". While Steve Jobs is a better film, it could have been directed by any number of capable talents. As it stands, T2 Trainspotting is a film that could have only come from Boyle. Jumping from scene-to-scene rapidly, infusing 1970s/1980s rock music, and constantly "flickering" light due to trains passing outside, T2 Trainspotting is a kinetic and frantic film at all turns due to who is sitting in the director's chair.

In the course of the film, the greatest achievement by T2 Trainspotting is its portrayal of addiction over time. Obviously, when they were young, they were focused on getting high. Now, in their 40s, these men look back at themselves and wonder why. Some are still addicted to heroin, some do cocaine, another was in jail, and the other is free of drugs. Through deaths of children, impotency, missed chances at fatherhood, and divorce, these four men are still lost and trying to find themselves, having wasted their youth on drugs and still wasting their lives on drugs and crime. Yet, they are not just lost causes or losers who cannot help themselves; they are addicts. As Mark (Ewan McGregor) so astutely puts it, they are all addicts but they need to find something else to be addicted to. For all of them, they continue to be lost and stab one another in the back because they fall into the same habits, refuse to grow up, and continue to get lost in their addiction once they get back into their old way of life.

However, while the film can compel in that fashion, it also cannot help but repel and make the audience wonder why they bothered. It is not a bad film as I said. Boyle and the smart commentary on addiction over time more than make it worth a watch, but it is a film that feels more obsessed with showing clips from Trainspotting than actually telling a story. Hell, Spud (Ewen Bremner) even writes a serious of stories about their time 20 years ago that the characters sit around and reminisce about. Boyle cannot help but cut to scenes from the original, highlighting for the audience just how similar everything is and how they go through the same beats. Thematically, it obviously shows how nothing has really changed and these are the same people prone to the same mistakes. In other words, one never heals from addiction, they just find news ways to cope with it. However, cinematically, it rarely works. Instead, the film feels more concerned with reminding audiences of what happened, referencing itself, and then just cutting to the chase and showing clips of the original. It is the kind of self-referential style that comedy sequels often take and are criticized for, yet T2 Trainspotting seems to have gotten off scot-free on this issue. While it does not ruin the film and the overall picture comes out alright in the end, it does make it a sequel that feels too much like a re-hash and re-envisioning of the original instead of a strong and worthy continuation of the stories of its characters.… Expand

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LeZeeSep 3, 2017

To face a revenge threat!

Okay the first film was good one. Then I thought it was unnecessary to make a sequel for it. But someone clarified that it was not made outside the novel to make money. It's indeed adapted from the sequel book ofTo face a revenge threat!

Okay the first film was good one. Then I thought it was unnecessary to make a sequel for it. But someone clarified that it was not made outside the novel to make money. It's indeed adapted from the sequel book of the original film's source. Though coming out 20 years later was the disadvantage. Except some praises it had received, particularly by its hardcore fans, it was average at the box office and I thought same as well.

I did not like the story. It was just a random drag, not knowing what direction to head. That's until the third act, and once all the three main characters come together, so it gets interesting with something. Like surviving from from a revenge threat. It was the actors who saved the film. Otherwise, it is not even an average as I consider now. I don't think retaining the title was a good idea, but I think it was just for its fans. Or else, a new title name would have done a decent justice to what it had narrated.

As I know, this is the director's first ever sequel and he's not getting better since his Oscar win, a decade ago. Especially the last two flicks, despite based on the very good subjects. Definitely no to the T3. Instead, I want another Oscar nod film from him. This would have been ever worse if somebody else would have made it. Yet, a watchable film, only if you had liked the first. So just think about it before going for it after seeing only positive words from a few people.

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RalfbergsJun 23, 2017

The first one felt much more real and intense. This one feels more comedic - if you can call it that, as it still treats serious subjects. But while the first one was serious with some comedic elements, this welt a bit more too comical andThe first one felt much more real and intense. This one feels more comedic - if you can call it that, as it still treats serious subjects. But while the first one was serious with some comedic elements, this welt a bit more too comical and like it was pushing to get what they had in first movie too much. Still enjoyed it though.… Expand

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Toasty87Jul 16, 2020

Could and should have been better the plot is confusing at times but good attempt at a sequel.

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