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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: The downside of coming off junk was I knew I would need to mix with my friends again in a state of full consciousness. It was awful. They reminded me so much of myself, I could hardly bear to look at them. Take Sick Boy, for instance. He came off junk at the same time as me - not because he wanted to, you understand, but just to annoy me. Just to show me how easily he could do it, thereby downgrading my own struggle. Sneaky fucker, don't you think?
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The downside of coming off junk
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was I knew I'd need to mix with my friends again
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in a state of full consciousness
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It was awful
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They reminded me so much of myself I could hardly bear to look at them
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Take Sick Boy for instance
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He came off junk at the same time as me
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not because he wanted to you understand but just to annoy me
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Just to show me how easily he could do it
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thereby downgrading my own struggle
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Sneaky fucker don't you think
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Movie Summary
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.