Concussion (2015)

Concussion is a tense, fact‑based drama that follows Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), a brilliant forensic neuropathologist who, while working in Pittsburgh, uncovers a pattern of severe brain damage in professional football players that points to a new disease — chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). As Omalu pieces together the medical evidence, his quiet dedication turns into a lonely, dangerous crusade against powerful football institutions intent on protecting the game and their reputations. Watching the film, you’ll experience a slow-burning investigative thriller mixed with an emotional character study. Intense autopsy scenes and clinic-room discoveries are balanced with fraught confrontations, media firestorms, and scenes that show the real human cost of repeated head trauma: confused, broken men and anguished families. Will Smith gives a restrained, dignified performance as a determined immigrant doctor, and the film emphasizes ethics, science, and the personal price of speaking truth to power. Expect to come away both moved and unsettled — informed by the medical detective work and provoked by the film’s critique of institutional denial. Concussion challenges viewers to rethink the culture of contact sports while delivering a compelling, often emotional story of courage, isolation, and the pursuit of justice.

Actors: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks

Director: Peter Landesman

Runtime: 123 min

Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport

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