Skip to content
Filth, from Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, took a lot longer to come to the screen, but was it worth the wait?
Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy) is going for promotion to Detective Inspector but there are several colleagues standing in his way, including relative newcomer Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell) and the sole female in the running, Amanda Drummond (Imogen Poots). He’s constantly playing one-upmanship with them and, as a policeman, he’s more corrupt than you’d imagine, especially in ways early on that I don’t want to describe in print.
Yes, the Blu-ray and DVD are already out in the UK, but it’s due to hit US cinemas on May 30th and the trailer is quite different and a great laugh. In fact, it’s a lot better than the full film itself!
Read the our Blu-ray review here and check out the US trailer below, but bear in mind that unlike the “PG trailer” I’ve linked to before, this new one is FULL of fruity language – even though the word ‘sperm’ is clearly substituted with ‘spunk’ at one point:
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.