My Review of Him (2025)

 

Written by Skip Bronkie And Zack Akers And Justin Tipping

Directed by Justin Tipping

Isaiah: "This ain't a fucking game, man. This is everything! Do you want this? What are you willing to sacrifice?"

Cameron: "Everything."

I mostly stay away from football first one because I generally don't care about the sport or respective subgenre. Obviously I made an exception here because it's a horror film and I have mixed feelings on this one.

Despite the marketing playing up the fact that Jordan Peele was a producer on this movie, it's definitely Justin Tipping who has to bear the responsibility of it's failing. This movie's a great case of a good idea mired by outright horrible execution.

Out leading man here, Tyriq Withers I will admit might be one of the few saving graces altogether. Cast in the role as rising football star Cameron Wade, this might not have been the best use of his talents but he certainly knew how to hold attention. He picks betters projects and he'll be one to talk about.

Anyways Cam's gotten attention from nearly retired quarterback Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans) and Cam ended up in a secluded compound where he's put through an almighty ringer. This included some extremely trippy dreams sequences, overzealous fangirls (Naomi Grossman) and of course, Isaiah's wife, Elsie (Julia Fox).

Yeah, it's a movie that could be seen the football version of Black Swan but the craziness doesn't entertain as much as it should do. The horror side of things did ramp by the time it was made clear that there was a contest between Cam and Isaiah to be the G.O.A.T.

It's manufactured and involved ritual sacrifices with Cam both emerging as the victor between him and Isaiah. Then Cam took control of his destiny and murdered the Saviors and honestly it was a good way of ending this overall messy movie.

- Originally, this movie was meant to be called GOAT before we got the title we did.

- The way Marlon Wayans handled criticism for this movie was one of the classiest responses I've read this year.

- Standout music: Denzel Curry's Him, Gucci Mane's Lemonade and Tierra Whack's Tip Toe.

- Chronology: Cameron played for the San Antonio Saviors. It was the current year, movie wise.

I really wanted to like Him as a movie. It had a good idea, a charismatic leading man in Tyriq Withers and a good antagonist role for Marlon Wayans. Sadly the whole thing just failed to come together at all.

Rating: 6 out of 10