Shallow Grave

The antic visual style of Danny Boyle gives this gory comedy some energy, and reliably involving performers Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, and Christopher Eccleston make it watchable even if their characters are paper thin. They are well-off flatmates in a huge Edinburgh apartment, looking for a fourth. They dismiss a bunch of less hip candidates, but welcome a mysterious stranger, who promptly OD’s and leaves a satchel of cash under the bed. The roommates face temptation, and succumb, with predictably disastrous results. There’s gruesome fun as they get their comeuppance, but not up to the level of Boyle’s subsequent breakthrough, Trainspotting. (1994, IFC/T, n.) *5+*