影片描述了爱丁堡的一群青年糜烂、颓废的垃圾式生活，极具特色的镜头语言与令人神迷的英伦摇滚，加之贯穿始终的黑色幽默使之成为一部关于青春，关于成长的另类经典。麦克、米奇、薯仔、汤米、贝比，吸毒、抢劫、玩女人，他们沉醉在他们自己的世界里，选择了堕落，他们不需要为这个社会担当任何的责任。他们是叛逆的，每个人的骨子里都透着一种叛逆。他们处在困境中，叛逆成了他们发泄对社会的不满，对社会报复的唯一方式。他们自己说“你吸毒，烦恼只有一个：帐单。不吸毒，就会有一堆烦恼”，他们也知道吸毒只是让人逃匿的方法，而不是救赎的道路，可是他们不知该怎么选。残酷的社会每天都充满了激烈的竞争。社会是不公平的，麦克和薯仔一起去抢东西但麦克只被判了缓刑薯仔却要被囚禁半年。同样生活在一个社会，对待事物的心态不同决定了自己的生活方式。

The film describes the decadent and decadent garbage life of a group of young people in Edinburgh. alternative classic. Mike, Mickey, Potato, Tommy, Babe, taking drugs, robbing, playing with women,They are intoxicated In their own world, they chose to degenerate, and they don't need to take any responsibility for this society. They are rebellious, and there is a kind of rebellion in everyone's bones. They are in a difficult situation, and rebellion has become the only way for them to vent their dissatisfaction with society and take revenge on society. They themselves say, "When you take drugs, there is only one worry: bills. If you don't take drugs, you will have a lot of troubles." They also know that drug use is only a way for people to escape, not a path to salvation, but they don't know how to choose. The cruel society is full of fierce competition every day. Society is unfair. Mike and Potato went to grab things together, but Mike was only sentenced to probation, but Potato was imprisoned for half a year. Also living in a society, different mentality towards things determines one's own way of life.