Begbie (Robert Carlyle) has just been released from jail, Renton (Ewan McGregor) is making an emotional homecoming, and Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Spud (Ewen Bremner) are awaiting them both with very mixed feelings. The opening voiceover – an acerbically hilarious update of the original film’s bleakly observed intro – is worth the ticket price alone.