Ratings & Reviews
Special Features
- Also Includes:
- Blu-Ray Exclusives:
- Commentary with director Peter Landesman
- Crafting Concussion
- Deleted scenes
- Inside the true story
Synopsis
Filmmaker Peter Landesman (Parkland) wrote and directed this sports-themed drama based on Jeanne Marie Laskas' GQ article "Game Brain," about the potentially horrific cost of playing football. Pittsburgh-based neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) discovers a degenerative brain disease now known as CTE in the autopsies of several deceased pro-football players, but after presenting his research, he finds himself under fire from the NFL. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Luke Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Bitsie Tulloch, and Albert Brooks co-star. ~ Tom Ciampoli, Rovi
Cast & Crew
- Will Smith - Dr. Bennet Omalu
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Prema Mutiso
- Alec Baldwin - Dr. Julian Bailes
- Albert Brooks - Dr. Cyril Wecht
- David Morse - Mike Webster