Just two years before his 90’s hit Trainspotting, Danny Boyle’s impressive debut feature gave British cinema a lift with its uncharacteristic venture into noir territory.
Alex, a journalist (Ewan McGregor), accountant David (Christopher Eccleston) and Juliet, a doctor (Kerry Fox), are twenty-something flat-sharing friends in Edinburgh who get into dark concealment and bloody corpse-dismemberment with great style.
The corpse in question belongs to a mysterious chap named Hugo (Keith Allen), a crook on the run from the mob. He charms his way into the three friends’ flat when they advertise for a new flatmate, only to be found dead in his bedroom days later.
It is then that the flatmates discover a suitcase full of readies under his bed.
So Juliet, Alex and David decide to try to get rid of the body in order to keep the cash (stolen drug money). They end up drawing straws to decide who will have the task of severing limbs, smashing teeth and burying the corpse.
When the going gets hot, the three stay in their flat and start to believe they are being double-crossed. Boyle winds the action up to a tense finale that has you sitting on the edge of your seat.
A sharp-edged, savagely black comedy with international appeal.
Juliet Miller
Kerry Fox David Stevens
Christopher Eccleston Alex Law
Ewan McGregor Detective Inspector McCall
Ken Stott Hugo
Keith Allen Cameron
Colin McCredie Woman Visitor
Victoria Nairn Male Visitor
Gary Lewis Goth
Jean Marie Coffey Andy
Peter Mullan Tim
Leonard O’Malley Cash Machine Victim
David Scoular Bath Victim
Grant Glendinning Freezer victim
Victor Eadie Lumsden
Robert David MacDonald
Director
Danny Boyle
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