{"id":2030766,"date":"2025-09-18T05:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2030766"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:40:34","slug":"him-review-marlon-wayans-and-tyriq-weathers-impress-in-a-jordan-peele-produced-sports-horror-that-fumbles-its-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/him-review-marlon-wayans-and-tyriq-weathers-impress-in-a-jordan-peele-produced-sports-horror-that-fumbles-its-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Him\u2019 Review: Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Weathers Impress in a Jordan Peele-Produced Sports Horror That Fumbles Its Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">There are so many horror stories about professional sports that it\u2019s surprising there aren\u2019t more horror movies about professional sports. The new film produced by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1443502\/\">Jordan Peele<\/a> aims to fill that gap with its story of a rising star quarterback who encounters dark forces on his road to becoming the Goat. Unfortunately, Him, directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3258390\/\">Justin Tipping<\/a> (Kicks), squanders its potential. While it starts out promisingly, it seriously devolves in its second half into a surreal phantasmagoria that\u2019s more gonzo than chilling. If you\u2019re looking for a truly disturbing film about the dehumanizing effects of professional football in the corporate age, the one to see is still 1979\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079640\/\">North Dallas Forty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Him certainly tries to be disturbing. Too hard, in fact. The story begins realistically enough, with the central character, Cameron Cade (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10635159\/\">Tyriq Withers<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4045450\/\">I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/a>), introduced as a star college&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many horror stories about professional sports that it\u2019s surprising there aren\u2019t more horror movies about professional sports. The new film produced by Jordan Peele aims to fill that gap with its story of a rising star quarterback who encounters dark forces on his road to becoming the Goat. 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