Danny Boyle is a dynamic filmmaker who has made many different types of movies, but he is undoubtedly at his best when delivering grittier, realistic flicks like Trainspotting; a film not afraid to tell it like it is and shine a light on some of the dingier, darker aspects of human life. Trainspotting is branded as a comedy and it's definitely got a lot of gold for those more partial to black humour. But what the film is more memorable for is the portrayal of heroin abuse and just how cripplingly impossible it can be to quit the stuff. Like a lot of the best drug-related films, it shows the highs, but isn't afraid to show the very lowest of lows either, a lot of which are horrifically hard-hitting. Among the most scary moments in Trainspotting are the death of a young baby and subsequent hallucinations in which the same baby is found crawling on the roof. But even with that in mind, it's difficult to decide which is more frightening; the harsh snap-backs to reality in the midst of drug-induced hazes or the bad, bad trips that feel painfully real (even when they're not). Trainspotting definitely makes for a fun watch, but it's only after that you realise how difficult it is to scratch away its many horrors.
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