Junkie cuts open someone elses stomach to get a drug fix

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Film Historian Dr. Bruce Isaacs dissects the film and talks about the cast, crew, themes, tone, symbolism, music, and camera style used in the film.

This is the nasty tale of a drug addict who suffers from the consequences after consuming an unknown substance (which he mistakes for cocaine) which he bought from a mean spirited dealer. The real nightmare begins as the junkie drags himself into his bathroom.

A drug addict tries to sabotage his brother's struggle to get sober once and for all.

Get to know some of the people furthest down on the human rank. They have disconnected from society, which often had them written off as kids. They are gladly criminals, so they get their next fix.

Junior Rios started using heroin when he was 15. At age 29, Junior is a father of three. To support his $200-a-day heroin habit, he scours the rooftops of the South Bronx for materials he can sell. When he's finally caught, he enters an aggressive rehab program. Meanwhile, his ex has moved on, and is trying to make a better life for herself and their children.

Sal, Big Al and Jackie all deal with heroin use in a fun-filled romp.