Rich Wright What would YOU do, seems to be the central question here. In America, there's a waiting list for organs... And it's a VERY long one. Your daughter needs one desperately, and thanks to a certain illicit trade going on in Mexico, you may have the opportunity of saving her life. But there's a catch... you may have to suspend your moral compass, and turn a blind eye to conduct which is inhumane to say the least. Could you live with yourself knowing what had happened, if it meant your child got a second chance?I am being deliberately oblique here, as there are secrets I would dare not reveal. But sufficed to say, many people would come away from this film thinking that they'd made a different choice to the main character... Me included. But I could understand why he went along the path he did, and I respected that. I'll stop there, and just add that this was a competent thriller for the most part... nothing special but with enough action and drama to last you until you reach the finish line.This is the point where EVERYTHING that has gone before is overshadowed by the key dilemma. Like one of the Choose Your Own Adventure books I used to like so much, it is a real head-scratcher. Sometimes, there are no easy answers... 6/10

MBunge This movie has its problems but almost manages to overcome them with a compelling concept, quick pace and plenty of plot twists. Then a hugely unsatisfying conclusion, that gets dumber the more you think about it, short circuits all the dramatic and emotional tension of the story and reemphasizes all those problems you originally overlooked.Paul Stanton (Dermot Mulroney) is a New Mexico prosecutor whose daughter (Mia Stallard) is dying of a lung disease. Frustrated with America's transplant bureaucracy, Paul leaves his daughter and wife (Diane Kruger) behind and heads to Mexico, following a shadowy lead on a black market set of lungs. After being put through the wringer, Paul eventually unravels the mystery of "organ tourism" and is forced to confront the question he's been denying through the whole ordeal. Exactly how far is he willing to go to save his daughter's life?Now, Paul and his wife have essentially no personality other than their deep concern over their daughter and the first half of Inhale is littered with expository flashbacks that ultimately prove to be unnecessary. But the crisis facing the couple is so easy to identify with and Paul's pursuit of his daughter's salvation is so earnest and fraught with so many challenges that you don't really mind the characters being two dimensional. And the flashbacks end just as Paul's search for some lungs kicks into high gear, which allows the annoyance over their pointlessness to wash away.At this point, Dermot Mulroney's strong performance as a desperate father lost in the labyrinth of Juarez, Mexico has been enough to carry the film along as he races the clock to save his daughter. It's a simple, believable dilemma that holds your attention and the plot has been just unexpected enough to leave you anxious to see how it's all resolved. Inhale then races toward an ending which implodes in its stupidity. After hewing pretty close to realistic drama, the story dives deep into melodrama at the finish and then decides to skip over all the anguish and fallout the melodrama is meant to create. Paul Stanton is quite ludicrously put in the position of having to choose to save his daughter's life by killing another child but we don't get to see that decision made or any of the immediate consequences of it. The movie just cuts away to days or weeks later to let us know what Paul decided and then, like 30 seconds later, Inhale simply ends. The entire motion picture has been a boulder rolling downhill toward Paul's big decision but instead of giving the audience the crash its been waiting for and deserves, they're handed a wet noodle denouement and then kicked out of the story like it's an apartment and the viewer is 6 months behind on the rest.Oh, and at the end of this movie, Paul knows everything there is to know about this illegal organ-selling operation. He knows names, faces, locations, crimes and the way this thing ends, there's no reason in the world why Paul wouldn't or shouldn't go to the authorities and blow the whistle on the whole murderous scheme. Yet, the organ-sellers let Paul walk away, apparently trusting this now grief-stricken gringo to keep their secrets. And as Inhale ends, that's seems to be exactly what Paul did. These filmmakers clearly thought they were casting Paul as this tragic hero with their conclusion, but what they did was make him an accomplice to evil.A lot of good movies have flaws and what makes them good is that something about the story or its presentation transcends or overpowers those weaknesses. Inhale does the opposite, highlighting and exaggerating its problems until they can't be ignored. This film isn't a disaster but it is very disappointing.

pepekwa Kudos to sam shepard, dermot mulroney, diane kruger and rosana arquette for probably taking a massive pay cut to appear in such a low budget movie. Actors clearly do choose roles carefully. This is compelling viewing and great work by unknown director Baltasar Kormakur.A word of warning to any parents, this is harrowing stuff to anyone who has young kids but its a story that does need to be told.The director creates an intricate web of the Mexican underworld, clinics and police all involved in the illegal organ trade and at the end, the father has a "sophie's choice' decision to make, one that will surprise most movie watchers.They must have shot all of the Mexico scenes in the same 3 sets and its clear, money was tight here, this was barely distributed but this shouldn't detract from a compelling and thought provoking movie

joefuzzy What would you do? Your daughter is about to die, your family is breaking apart and your wallet is big enough to afford a human life.This is basically what this movie is about. As boring that this story starts it really changes fast to an affecting one for everybody who watches this movie. When life saving decisions all of the sudden fall into the hands of a father and a mother of an seriously ill child you should expect to see heartbreaking drama. If then heartless people get involved you should even expect some fireworks. This is basically what you get here.I seriously recommend this movie to everybody who doesn't wanna see another softened Hollywood ballyhoo and instead likes to ask themselves questions about life and how they would react to certain decisions.