TrainspottingTHE EGG: Renton (Ewan McGregor) is introduced to us as someone committed to living the life of an addict, though he’s struggling to go clean.
THE FRYING PAN: Heroin is the drug of choice for Renton and his gang of fellow addicts, and one that drives Renton to steal, almost overdose, suffer a difficult withdrawal, and relapse. All his friends end up in worse positions — HIV, death, murder.
THE PSA MOMENT: It’s almost hard to pick just one (Renton’s withdrawal, the death of Allison’s baby), but nothing quite underlines just how far an addict will go for their next fix than Renton digging into his own diarrhea in the worst toilet in Scotland to grab the drugs that he lost thanks to that opium suppository.
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