T2 Trainspotting is a 2017 British crime comedy drama film, set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. The film is directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge, based on characters created by Irvine Welsh in his novel Trainspotting and its follow-up Porno. T2 was released in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017 and worldwide throughout February and March 2017.
A sequel to Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting, T2 stars the original ensemble cast, including leads Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle, with Shirley Henderson and James Cosmo, and Kelly Macdonald in a cameo. T2 features a new character, Veronika, played by Anjela Nedyalkova. T2 is deliberately self-referential, with film clips, music and echoes from the first film, but is more slow-paced than the first. The screenplay is based on Porno, with characters and elements lifted from the novel Trainspotting.
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Plot
Twenty years after stealing £16,000 in drug money from his three friends and seeking a new life in Amsterdam, 46-year old Mark Renton returns home to Edinburgh after a heart attack and a failed marriage. Daniel "Spud" Murphy has returned to heroin addiction after having lost everything including his girlfriend, Gail, and visitation with his teenage son, Fergus. Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson now abuses cocaine, runs a failing pub, and engages in blackmail schemes with his Bulgarian dominatrix girlfriend Veronika. Francis "Franco" Begbie is serving a 25-year prison sentence, and is denied parole.
Renton stops by his childhood home, where his father tells him about his mother's death. He goes to Spud's apartment just in time to save him from a suicide attempt. Spud initially resents the intervention, but Renton offers to help him out of his addiction, telling him he needs to channel his addiction into something else. Renton visits Simon at the pub, where Simon attacks him, and afterward Renton first meets Veronika and pays Simon back his original £4,000 share (no interest) of the money. And while they once again become best mates, Simon tells Veronika that he is going to string Renton along and make him pay for his betrayal.
Begbie escapes prison and reunites with his wife and college-bound son, who he insists join him in burgling houses. Begbie visits Simon, and Simon tells Begbie he has learned of Renton's whereabouts in Amsterdam. Simon keeps both Begbie and Renton unaware of his contact with the other.
Renton, Simon, and Veronika become partners in crime, robbing a social club that is fixated on the past and using the proceeds to renovate the upper floor of Simon's pub into a brothel. They fraudulently apply for an EU business-development grant. Veronika becomes impressed with Renton when he gives her an updated version of the "Choose life" monologue, and they begin an affair. One of Simon's blackmail targets reports him to the police and Renton seeks legal advice from his former girlfriend, Diane, now a high-priced solicitor. The proceeds of their crimes are used up in legal fees and Simon's cocaine habit. A menacing encounter with Doyle, the owner of a rival brothel, intimidates Renton and Simon into abandoning their business, but then receive their £100,000 grant.
Begbie and Renton accidentally meet in a nightclub, and Renton barely escapes. Begbie visits Spud and discovers the memoirs he has been writing, with Veronika's encouragement. Begbie reads that Renton had left Spud his £4,000 share of the drug deal earnings. When Veronika arrives, Begbie takes her phone, which he uses to trick Mark and Simon into meeting at Simon's pub after closing.
Veronika asks Spud to leave with her, promising him half of the £100,000. He says he will only buy heroin, so she offers to give his share to his estranged family, Gail and Fergus. He helps her steal the money by forging Renton's and Simon's signatures.
At the pub, Spud arrives too late to warn Renton and Simon of Begbie's trap. Begbie knocks Simon down and Renton tries to escape but falls, hanging by the neck from loose wires that are strangling him. As Begbie is finishing off Renton, Simon douses Begbie with pepper spray. Begbie loads a shotgun, but a newly decisive Spud knocks him unconscious.
They leave Begbie trapped in the boot of Simon's car at the door of the prison from which he'd escaped. Veronika returns to Bulgaria, and her young son. Spud channels his addiction into his writing, and begins mending his relationship with Gail and Fergus. Gail reads his writings, then starts to suggest (implied) the title should be "Trainspotting". Renton and Simon resume their old friendship. Renton moves back into his father's home and embraces him before going into his bedroom and dancing uninhibited to a remix of "Lust for Life".
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Cast
Footage included McGregor, Bremner, Miller and Carlyle from the original Trainspotting film. The author of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, appears near the middle of the film as Mikey Forrester. Carlyle plays Begbie's father, the briefly seen wino in the Leith train station.
Production
In January 2009, Danny Boyle declared his wish to make a sequel to his 1996 film Trainspotting which would take place nine years after the original film, based on Irvine Welsh's sequel, Porno. He was reportedly waiting until the original actors themselves aged visibly enough to portray the same characters, ravaged by time; Boyle joked that the natural vanity of actors would make it a long wait. Ewan McGregor stated in an interview that he would return for a sequel, saying, "I'm totally up for it. I'd be so chuffed to be back on set with everybody and I think it would be an extraordinary experience."
In March 2013, Boyle said he wanted to make a sequel that would be loosely based on Porno which he had described as "not a great book in the way that Trainspotting, the original novel, is genuinely a masterpiece". Boyle said that if the sequel were to happen, it would be for a 2016 release.
On 6 May 2014, during a BBC Radio interview with Richard Bacon, Welsh said that he had spent a week with Boyle, Andrew Macdonald and the creative team behind Trainspotting to discuss the sequel. Welsh said the meeting explored the story and script ideas. "We're not interested in doing something that will trash the legacy of Trainspotting. ... We want to do something that's very fresh and contemporary." Welsh did not however confirm any kind of timeline for the film, unlike Boyle's comments about wanting the film to come out in 2016.
In November 2014, Welsh said that McGregor and Boyle had resolved differences and had held meetings about the film, saying "I know Danny and Ewan are back in touch with each other again. There are others in the cast who've had a rocky road, but now also reconciled. With the Trainspotting sequel the attention is going to be even more intense this time round because the first was such a great movie--and Danny's such a colossus now. We're all protective of the Trainspotting legacy and we want to make a film that adds to that legacy and doesn't take away from it."
On 7 September 2015, at the Telluride Film Festival, Boyle stated his next film would be a sequel, tentatively titled Trainspotting 2.
In a 27 September 2015 interview with ComingSoon.net, Boyle revealed that a script for the sequel had been written, and that filming would reportedly take place between May and June 2016, in the hopes of releasing the film within that same year to commemorate Trainspotting's 20th anniversary.
While promoting Steve Jobs in November 2015, Boyle reiterated the hopes of beginning principal photography for the sequel in May and June 2016, and said that pre-production had begun in Edinburgh. Boyle also clarified that John Hodge wrote an original screenplay for the sequel, and that the film would not be a strict adaptation of Porno. An earlier script was reportedly written about 10 years prior, but was scrapped so that the original cast would agree to return for a film sequel. The working title for the sequel was T2.
In November 2015, Robert Carlyle said he would play Begbie. According to Carlyle, he and other members of the Trainspotting cast had already read John Hodge's script, and it would take place 20 years (much like its intended 2016 release) after the original plot. Carlyle praised Hodge's screenplay and said that T2 "is going to be quite emotional for people. Because the film sort of tells you to think about yourself. You are going to be thinking: 'Fuck. What have I done with my life?'"
In early December 2015, it was announced that Sony's TriStar Pictures had acquired worldwide rights to the film and that the original lead cast would return.
Filming
Principal photography on the film began on 10 March 2016, in Edinburgh, Scotland, according to director Boyle. Filming was previously scheduled to take place in May 2016. Brief sequences were also filmed in Glasgow (where the majority of the first film was actually shot) and in Budapest, Hungary.
Soundtrack
The official soundtrack was released on 27 January 2017. It features Blondie, The Clash, Wolf Alice, High Contrast, The Prodigy, Queen, Run-D.M.C., Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Underworld, The Rubberbandits and Young Fathers.
Release
T2 was released in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017, followed by rolling worldwide releases from 10 February 2017. The film was given a limited release in the US on 17 March 2017, followed by a wider release on 31 March 2017 in a few other major cities. T2 also screened out of competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
As of 9 April 2017, T2 Trainspotting has grossed $1.6 million in the United States and Canada, $21.1 million in the United Kingdom and $15.2 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $37.9 million, against a production budget of $18 million.
Critical response
The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 188 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus reads, "T2 Trainspotting adds an intoxicating, emotionally resonant postscript to its classic predecessor, even without fully recapturing the original's fresh, subversive thrill." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
- T2 Trainspotting on IMDb
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