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Nightmare Fuel / Concussion

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  • It's no surprise that Will Smith has stated that several real football players who have seen the movie have described it to him as a "horror film." Even Smith admits that, as much as he still loves football, after making this movie, he can't bear to watch more than a few minutes of a game anymore.
  • This starts going into Paranoia Fuel too. Even if you don't play football, you'll worry about whether or not one blow to the head or two will develop into a case of CTE for days.
  • The findings montage, in which Omalu comes to horrifying realizations while the film cross-cuts it with segments of ESPN's infamous Jacked Up! segment, in which the panel of hosts cackle in glee over one vicious head-hunting collision after another.
  • Every moment where they show a former player suffering from CTE. Especially the scene with Justin Strzelczyk, who starts destroying things in his house and yells at his wife about how "the voices" are telling him to kill her, scaring their children.

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