![]() Their mutual attraction to Veronika also adds intrigue and Nedyalkova makes her skimpy role seem rounded and likeable. ![]() McGregor and Miller play the shifting dynamics between friends well - especially one who double crossed the other - and their relationship is the driving engine of the story. ![]() How this all builds and plays out won’t be spoiled here. And then there’s Begbie (Robert Carlyle), locked up inside but with a stomach churning way of getting out of prison, before revisiting his wife and son (who in a stroke of genius is doing a degree in hotel management) while still holding a grudge against Renton. Since double crossing his best friends in a drug deal, he has spent his time living in Amsterdam yet - for reasons never spelled out, possibly guilt - now decides to return to Edinburgh to look up old pals Sick Boy is running an extortion business filming the well-off with his prostitute/business partner Veronika (Anjela Nedyalkova) Spud (Ewen Bremner) is still on smack and estranged from his wife (Shirley Henderson in a wasted role) and kid. Two decades on Renton has swapped running from shop security guards to running on treadmills, the only highs he gets come from endorphine rushes. In a disjointed start, we learn their fates. It rides along similar lines but it is just not quite as good.
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