We jumped for joy when we learned that the cult Trainspotting, unanimously acclaimed by critics, was going to have a sequel soberly titled Trainspotting T2. We were very happy when we saw that the technical team had remained almost identical. Then we waited feverishly for a first teaser. Mark Renton, Sick Boy and Spud are back for good: 21 years after the original, Trainspotting T2 had its world premiere Sunday in Edinburgh.
At the level of the criticisms of our dear Anglo-Saxon colleagues, they are many to have welcomed the initiative although we oscillate between a film that: "can possibly be compared to a dog eager to please but who knows only old tricks, and blissfully licks his own vomit" according to the Hollywood reporter and a film for which we "do not need to worry: 21 years have passed but T2 Trainspottingis as exceptional as you could have hoped for" this time, according to the Sun.
It seemed impossible that Trainspotting 2 would really be a failure, but it seemed just as impossible that it would be as successful as its first part, even if the team remains the same. We therefore conclude that Trainspotting T2 shows how difficult and risky it is to tackle a myth, but that Danny Boyle has been able to revive a cult 21 years after the consecration, and Trainspotting T2 has whatever happens, very little chance of disappointing us.
The release is scheduled for March 1 in France at Sony Pictures.
