Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011)

Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy: Directed by Robert Heydon. With Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd, Carlo Rota. Small drug smuggler from Scotland is trying to figure out his way through life until he meets beautiful girl from Canada who seeks a change after bad relationship she just got out of it.

“Billy Boyd playing DJ u0026#39;Woodsyu0026#39; yells that immortal line while in hospital as nurses try to give him some of their sedatives.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI quite liked this film and its underrated because the acting and script are pretty good. Adapted from a book by famous novelist Irvine Welsh, this film is about the ecstasy culture of the 90u0026#39;s. There have been a few films which capture dance club scene better than this, but in my opinion this is still a good film and its more than just about getting high. Its about love and death and family and friends.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAdam Sinclair (Lloyd) and Kristin Kreuk (Heather) are the lead actors and their relationship forms the heart of the movie. Its actually quite difficult show a believable love story. Its so easy to get it wrong. This pair did a good job. The club scenes were pretty good and I generally liked the soundtrack, and it captured the party drug taking well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked the fact that the actors and script didnu0026#39;t elevate the characters into anything other than just ordinary people. Lloyd doesnu0026#39;t have job and Heather is unhappily married and works for the anti-narcotics association whilst raving at weekend. Yes that put a wry smile on my face! There are extraordinary people around them (gangsters) and drug trafficking storyline to keep story interesting but basically this is a romance with some drugs thrown in. Its the love drug vs the real thing sort of story. 6/10”