Him review – Jordan Peele-produced football horror is a disappointing fumble

The article discusses the film "Him," a Jordan Peele-produced football horror movie that deviates from the feel-good formula of traditional American sports movies. The film follows Cameron Cade, a college quarterback, who is touted as the heir apparent to Marlon Wayans's character, Isaiah White, the Tom Brady of this world. When a head injury threatens Cameron's professional aspirations, he agrees to train and rehab at Isaiah's desert-based compound, which turns out to be a haunted house of vice and duplicity. The article states that "Him" is not a subtle critique of America's pastime, football, and it opens with Isaiah breaking his leg during a championship-winning drive. The film reintroduces football as a "meat market" where players are poked, prodded, and scrutinized like chattel. The director, Justin Tipping, uses X-ray vision to highlight the underlying damage that can result from football's incessant collisions, one of many stylish visual touches. Overall, the article suggests that "Him" is a disappointing fumble, with Marlon Wayans hamming it up as a quarterback looking to crown the new "Goat" in an unsubtle and increasingly meaningless critique of a broken system.