The Air I Breathe (2007)

[Lenny Nero]

5.00 star(s) Rating: 5.00/5 1 Votes

Title: The Air I Breathe (2007)

Tagline: The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

Genre: Thriller, Crime

Director: Jieho Lee

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Andy García, Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clark Gregg, Emile Hirsch, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Hu, Evan Parke, Taylor Nichols, Victor Rivers, Cecilia Suárez, Todd Stashwick, Jon Bernthal, Julie Delpy, Josh Flaum, Jason Dolley, Sasha Pieterse, William Maier, Lisa Owen, Sherry Ham-Bernard, Eduardo Victoria, John Cho, Alex Terminel, Diana García, Kari Wuhrer, Claudia Cervantes, Rodrigo Santacruz, Aurora Papile, Andrew Deichman, Jake Koenig

Release: 2007-02-07

Runtime: 95

Plot: A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.

 

[Lenny Nero]

Noted this film for myself, as something to definitely see, when it came out, bought a Blu-ray sight unseen almost ten years ago, yet only today finally watched it. More than 15 years later!
Crazy to realize how much time has passed, especially if one thinks in terms of one's own years - if I were to watch a film in the middle of the 90's, as a teenager, it'd be from 1981! Yet that's the least amount of years you have to go back now, to get to see such a cast ensemble, before they all got older, fatter, depressed, or stopped appearing in anything good or anything at all. Such a joy to see all these actors, especially Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Brendan Fraser, who get the most screen time.
It's not quite Magnolia, but it's that type of movie, so if you're interested in intertwined stories, and missed this one, I recommend you revisit it.