CONCUSSION

PreReview
Will Smith and Alec Baldwin is in this one and its about brain injury through sports.
REVIEWED
Got the chance to see this movie at home in the dark (is it worth the treatment) with some grubs.

Been sometime last saw Will Smith in a movie and in this one he do looks old or made up to be old as he is acting a real (still alive person); an expatriate Nigerian  pathologist living in US. The funny thing about US movie (my opinion only) is that when you have an alien (someone from out of US) an American actor would potray it. But film of iconic Americans, non american actor would do it. Well not that Will Smith cannot do this guy because he did well right to his ascent. The thing is other non american actors can play the role, even better ? Like I said, WS played the role well enough. In some scene you even got scared when is agitated with what I called the "oscar moments". Well thats just my opinion. Now back to the story.

The issue is really really big. But like what happened with another true story film issue ; Spotlight, its got forgotten easily and fast. Bennet (WS character) proved that concussions in football will cause brain damage in the long run. So thats explain the erratic behavior of some football players (American NFL). But most of them extreme behavior like killing themselves !

The one scene that make sense to a layman was when Bennet started his presentation on the subject to whom to be his co writer with this paper. How he explained about the speed flight bird zooming into water to catch fishes or even the woodpecker knocking its heads billions of times. The thing is, they are created to do such things but human are not. Our brain is actually suspended in fluid in our skull. Yes that analogy scares the shit out of me. So does other sports like boxing and others. Even IMDB verified that Muhamad Ali's does not suffer from Parkinson but actually a form of brain damage caused by concussions (CTE ?)

This movie has its best moment but I think its length of a bit over 2 hrs diluted the message. Bennet's personal life, to me, should not have been emphasized too much if the objective of the film is to nail the danger of the issue.

Anyway, this is produced by Scott Free Ridley Scott's film company and was supposed to be directed by him.