Him (2025)
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A rising football star must navigate a sinister training regime at a remote desert compound where the line between sports and ritual sacrifice blurs.
The story
After his idol suffers a career-ending injury, rising football star Cam Cade is offered a unique opportunity: training at a remote desert compound under the guidance of the legendary, albeit reclusive, quarterback Isaiah White. While preparing for the league combine, Cam must navigate the physical and mental toll of the intense training. However, the isolation of the compound and the strange demands of his mentor begin to cloud his reality, as he faces a series of unsettling occurrences that threaten his sanity and his future in the sport.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Cam Cade, a rising football star, is invited by his manager to train with the legendary Isaiah White at a remote desert compound. During the training, Cam is subjected to bizarre rituals and begins experiencing hallucinations, which he attributes to a concussion. He is also confronted by a group of radical fans and eventually finds himself in a situation where he is forced to choose between his career and his safety. It is revealed that Isaiah is part of a lineage of 'G.O.A.T.' players who gain enhanced abilities through ritual blood transfusions. After a violent confrontation where Cam kills Isaiah, he discovers that the entire ordeal was a test orchestrated by the team's owners to see if he was worthy of the 'G.O.A.T.' title. The film concludes with Cam facing a final choice regarding a contract that would cement his status as a supernatural athlete, with alternate endings exploring his ultimate fate.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 96
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Justin Tipping
- Writers
- Skip Bronkie · writer; Zack Akers · writer; Justin Tipping · writer
- Cast and characters
- Marlon Wayans · Isaiah White; Tyriq Withers · Cameron "Cam" Cade; Julia Fox · Elsie White; Tim Heidecker · Tom; Jim Jefferies · Marco
- Genres
- sports-supernatural horror
- Themes
- sacrifice; legacy; the cost of success
- Tone and mood
- tense; grotesque
- Premise and plot tags
- sports horror; cult; supernatural
- Source material / true-story basis
- A spec script initially titled Goat
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 38 · scale: 100 · review count: 35
- Production trivia
- The script was on the Black List in 2022.; The film was originally titled Goat.; The soundtrack features music by Bobby Krlic.
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