Marlon Wayans is scary in this sports horror movie

Existing somewhere in the underworld between “The Lords of Salem” by Rob Zombie and the “cure for the well -being” by Gore Verbinski, “a cure for well -being”, with a little “any Sunday” by Oliver Stone, which leads him to hell, the photo of terror of Justin Tiping athletes “does it.” Diping clearly has a special ability to conjure nightmare images, working with photography director Kira Kelly and editor Taylor Joy Mason to create a film that frequently operates under the logic of dreams, it is difficult to know what is real and what not. The images here are terrifying and impressive, which gives us vast desert landscapes, cold modernist structures, ritualist fields and flashes of what seem radiographs that show us bones breaking under the skin.

Then there is the cast, specifically the two cables. Tyriq Withers is instantly credible as Cameron Cade, a young man who dreams of the glory of football. But the film really belongs to Marlon Wayans, who is working at a completely different level here as the hero of CAM, the legendary field marshal Isaiah White. At the beginning extremely friendly and friendly, Isaiah’s attitude transforms into something much more sinister, and there are times when Wayans seems to be channeling Daniel Day-Lewis’s bill, from the “Gangs of New York” butcher of Martin Scorsese. Honestly, Wayans’s performance could be worth the price of admission alone.

Unfortunately, the script, accredited to give a tip, omit Bronkie and Zack Akers (the name of Jordan Pele appears largely throughout marketing, but remember: it is a producer here, he did not write or directed the film) Finally ends up searching in the 1 Yarda line. It is a shame, because for a large part of the execution time, “He” feels wonderfully strange and twisted. But after a while, you begin to have the feeling that no one thought about this story.

Cameron Cade grew worshiping at the altar of Isaiah White, the winning field marshal for the San Antonio Saviors (“He” does not have time for subtlety, damn it, and feels his images and religious themes in heavy without apologies). At one point, Isaiah suffered a terrible injury in the field: a bone was literally protruding from his leg. But he managed to return stronger than ever. However, it is aging and could be time for him to retire. And if he retires, there are already some rumors in the world of football that Cam, who has grown up to be a star player, is the man who occupies his place.

Cam’s career hits a wall, however, when a mysterious figure with a spooky disguise hits him in the head and leaves it with a brain injury that requires basic food in his skull. However, not everything is lost, because soon CAM is summoned to the remote high -tech complex of Isaiah to train for a week. The opportunity to train one by one with his idol sounds like a dream come true, but since this is a horror movie, we know that this dream will soon become a nightmare.

Indeed, the training quickly changes from an perfectly normal to become completely deranged, with many ritualistic samples of male violence, including other players that have deliberately launched football directly to the faces by machines, everything while CAM continues to receive mysterious injections from the private doctor of Isaiah (a fun Jim Jefferies). Also occasionally by hand, on the prowl on: Isaiah’s weird bug’s wife, played with the fair amount of macabre makeup by Julia Fox. All these elements are resistant enough to create a sufficient atmosphere of fear, and the tips are not afraid to go on the type of musical video style of the old school that would even make the great and great blush of Tony Scott. But where is all this going?

I sat during the first hour about “he” vibrating totally with the energy of Gonzo that the film was pulling, and for his credit, the film has 96 minutes energetic and never feels much time in the tooth. Unfortunately, it also seems to fall short when it counts more. A repetitiveness begins to appear, along with a predictability: we have discovered what is happening here long before CAM, and it is a bit frustrating to have to wait for it to catch up.

And although “he” finally unleashes a bloody final, that ending feels strangely. I am carefully treading here because I don’t want to give spoilers, but the way the final scenes feel not won, as if the movie was cheating in some way; taking the easy way. I can’t help feeling that the film had a completely different and better ending that changed as a result of the detection of cold feet tests, but that is pure speculation on me.

Leaving aside the bad conclusion, “he” clearly indicates that Justin Dipping is a filmmaker to see, especially if he wants to stay in the horror genre. However, the best of all, it serves as a wonderful showcase for Marlon Wayans, which has never been as good as he here, becoming an action that is incredibly funny and undeniably disturbing. I would only want the rest of the film to match its energy.

/Classification of the film: 6 of 10

“He” opens in theaters on September 19, 2025.