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Was great to see a film that was a bit smaller in scale and not focused on action set pieces in the cinemas, especially a sequel to one of the biggest cult hits to come out of Scotland; so I was already going in with high hopes and really wanted to like this.

Fortunately it delivers, a few minutes in and any concerns this would be a let down just melted away. It's a perfect balance between progressing the story and nostalgic nod to the original, reminding us how crazy the gap between these have been. It's great they held off until the whole cast would return, even down to minor characters which is just excellent as no aspect of the plot suffers due to a loss of one of the cast. The plot actually benefits from the time, namely due to the antics of Begbie in the first film.

This film has enjoyed a fair few glowing reviews so I doubt scouring the IMDM reviews is required to convince anyone to go see if they are already thinking about it, just go for it and you will get what you hope for; strong story, excellent acting and once again played out to an amazing soundtrack.

Can't really fault this one at all with how well it balances the humour, tension and more serious aspects just like the original and in some ways surpasses it, thus why the 10 star rating.

Enjoy!

Can only agree with other reviewers asking what the negative folk expected.... this was an original concept sticking to the first person view throughout rather than a random section like Doom. Don't get me wrong I almost gave up after the first 5 minutes thinking I would never get used to it and the wife was concerned it would just make her sick. Thankfully after the initial chaos is does settle down for a bit allowing you to adjust for the rest of the film, which barely lets up.

From a film-making perspective its a great achievement, huge credit to the folks doing all this with a go pro attached to your face! The reviews saying there is no story have a fair point, I would say its not so much no story as a fairly simple yet convoluted in places one. At least it tried to have one in place that wasn't too generic.

The main focus is the action and in this area the film really delivers, combine that with an excellent soundtrack and this one is a winner.

Recent years we have been blessed with films being made by the stuntmen like this and John Wick, and to an extent The Raid & Dredd. With all the superhero and bloated blockbusters we have its refreshing to not only get an excellent action film but at least one who brought some originality in their delivery, and as such they should be supported so we get more.

Must see for action fans.

Great way to show how TV (and Netflix particularly) can do a better job than a movie can with adaptations, no need to trim things down and more time to flesh out the characters to care whats going on.

Happy to see Ryan Phillippe in such a great show, and taken producer duties too, always rated the guy and finally i hope he stays in projects like this where he belongs.

Not many complaints really, expect most know the general story and perhaps the previous film, this just adds much more to that making the story far more interesting.

Classic conspiracy stuff with well executed action sequences to keep the viewer excited enough. Only reason this wasn't a 10 is since other shows i rate a 10 are just better all round, and the wee girl wasn't great plus the constant use of either 2 names or his full name was just needless.

Might be too late but would be good if Jack Reacher was to get the same treatment, seems the best place for such fodder...