A Faustian football drama whose narrative obviousness isn’t nearly as ridiculous as its over-the-top, in-your-face, to-the-max religious symbolism, Him is an attempt at athletic horror that achieves an ignominious sort of unintentional-humor greatness.
Shot and scored like a music video, with flashy and shallow performances to match, Justin Tipping’s directorial debut, in theaters Sept. 19, is a smorgasbord of satanic silliness, none of it scary but quite a bit of it hilarious. Despite Get Outand Nopemaestro Jordan Peele’s role as an executive producer, it’s a B-movie of unholy bombast and absurdity.
As a young boy, Cameron Cade (I Know What You Did Last Summer’s Tyriq Withers)is taught by his father to worship at the altar of the Saviors and their quarterback Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans)—literally, in fact, as Cameron’s father has a shrine dedicated to the team and their superstar in the living room.
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