Review by Bob Ignizio
In 1996, Danny Boyle became a name brand director with his
second feature, TRAINSPOTTING. It
was a bold, energetic, edgy, fun, crazy piece of filmmaking that also put star
Ewan MacGregor on the map. It's a near perfect film from beginning to end, and
I doubt many viewers felt that it needed a sequel.
Nonetheless, Irvine Walsh, author of the novel that was the basis for Boyle's film, wrote a sequel called
'Porno' in 2002. And now Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge have whipped up a
sequel of their own, only loosely based on Welsh's novel, with T2: TRAINSPOTTING.
Aside from Boyle and Hodge, the film also reunites the cast
of the original. And while it may not be "necessary", for anyone who
enjoyed spending time with those seriously damaged yet somehow endearing characters,
it's not a bad way to kill two hours.
