Old friends reunite in Scotland, finding their lives still a gritty, darkly comic, and pulpy mess.
Bleak, with dark satire. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and brutal violence.
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After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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