I only caught up with this yesterday. It tried very hard to recapture the subversive thrills of the first film but failed because it's an impossible task to bring back those characters convincingly into the present. They should already be dead for starters. Stretching those characters across a sequel just exposes their limitations, and it's too big an ask for Johnny Lee Miller, for example, to strip back everything he's done since 1996 and be believable as an Edinburgh cokehead pimp.
It also became very knowing. McGregor and Miller riffing is more about the actors' shared history with the audience and a believable relationship between the characters, even at a comedy level. Ewen Bremner's gurning is not enjoyable in the slightest, and the ending would embarrass a sitcom spin-off.
It also became very knowing. McGregor and Miller riffing is more about the actors' shared history with the audience and a believable relationship between the characters, even at a comedy level. Ewen Bremner's gurning is not enjoyable in the slightest, and the ending would embarrass a sitcom spin-off.
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