8 reasons why diehard fans will love Trainspotting 2

The never-ending greenery of Rannoch Moor provides a cleansing break from the desolate, skag-stained parts of Leith, Edinburgh in the original, so it’s refreshing to see the boys go back for another dose of countryside air. There’s no rant about why being Scottish is “shite” this time, neither is there the deceased Tommy who joined Spud, Sick Boy and Renton there 20 years ago. Tommy’s the exact reason a few home truths come to the fore between Sick Boy and Renton, but if anywhere is the place to let it all out, this beautiful part of Scotland is it.

Renton’s old bedroom hasn’t changed a bit, either – still plastered with train wallpaper and housing old David Bowie records – and Spud has a moment of complete bewilderment when he sees a shoplifter doing a runner down the same road he and Renton did at the beginning of the original. Renton, an Amsterdam resident for the last 20 years, hasn’t been back to Scotland once, so it’s completely understandable why Danny Boyle took him and the gang on a trip down memory lane.