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This article contains spoilers for Him. When I walked into my screening of Him, the new Jordan Peele–produced horror film set in the world of football, I had a specific set of fears. Was the overriding theme of this movie going to be that football is dangerous? Thanks, but Will Smith already made that movie, and I already get enough …

I am not sure if director-writer Justin Tipping (Kicks) and his co-writers Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie of the Black List screenplay Him were attempting a bold satire on the brutality of football and the game’s cold-hearted view toward the safety of its players, but certainly the bones of a piercing blow-by-blow sacking of the sport are there. The problem …