Ick. On a list of things that make me uneasy, the human organ black market would definitely be top five. Maybe Diane Kruger and Dermont Mulroney's characters in Inhale feel the exact same way. But their daughter needs a lung! They are somewhat wealthy, but not rich enough to bypass the waiting list in the U.S. And did I mention that their daughter is going to die without this lung? So it's a tough spot to begin with, but when Sam Shepard and Rosanna Arquette come along with some intriguing news about organ availability in Mexico, things start to get really messy.
There are several possible angles here: the morality involved (Where did these lungs come from?), the race against time for the daughter, the toll the decision takes on a marriage and the extreme danger that probably comes part-and-parcel with getting organs from Mexico. The trailer touches on all of these ideas without really ever settling on one. That's fine, I'm intrigued. But if the movie itself never settles, it could end up pretty overblown. I'm not sure we need the Traffic of illegal organs yet.
I also worry about the inherent melodrama of the subject matter. In the hands of the wrong director, this could easily veer into made-for-TV territory. Still, everything in the trailer seems on point, so let's give it the benefit of the doubt for now.
Verdict: Sold.