A group of Edinburgh heroin addicts stumbles through darkly comic, surreal misadventures with bleak, pulpy consequences.
Dark satire. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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For an R, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, strong violence and frequent strong language.
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Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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