Inhale (2010)

 

Synopsis: It’s basically 124 minutes of watching the world’s most clueless prosecuting attorney getting beaten to a pulp on numerous occasions by lowlifes before he makes the single worst decision of his life. 

Blurb From the DVD jacket: “Every breath counts” 

What Did I Learn?: Apparently, $100 grand is the going rate for an illegal heart transplant on the Mexican black market, while a new lung is $200 grand. 

You Might Like This Movie If: You take breathing very seriously, and worry that you might be doing it the wrong way. 

Really?: [SPOILER ALERT!] 1) No - there is absolutely no way that Paul would fork over his life savings, destroy his marriage and let his daughter die just because he has pangs of regret over the fate of a local street kid. (Speaking of which, what are the odds of the local baddies choosing a victim known to Paul, and then staging the hit-and-run in his presence?) 2) Hmm….now that we’re calculating odds, isn’t it a bit strange that Paul needs two new lungs for his daughter, and he actually knows somebody - his boss, the District Attorney for Santa Fe, New Mexico - who received an illegal transplant? Or that the criminals apparently never ask either Paul or his boss to throw a case in their favour? 

Rating: Inhale is a compelling thriller about a middle-class American’s attempt to contact a shadowy criminal conspiracy south of the border. The film mostly works because Paul Chaney (Dermot Mulroney) isn’t a tough guy by any stretch, and it’s fairly credible right up until the end, when the plot suddenly stops making sense [See: “Synopsis” and “Really?”] With that in mind, I have to deduct 1.5 stars for a terrible and completely unbelievable ending. 6.5/10 stars. 

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