In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
Will Smith's performance, one of his best, as a Nigerian-born pathologist crusading to expose deadly hazards in the NFL is about so much more than the accent. Concussion is a good movie that could have been great without trying so hard to be great. But when it delves deep into the doctor's fight to be heard, it's riveting. - Three stars