Summary
Know what premiership players do on their day off? Why, dream of football, of course. Nike’s latest spectacular, Home Game, plays Thierry Henry in a footballing fantasy wonderfully at odds with the ultra-neat interior of a designer home and prim neighbours.
Its two directors Tom Carty and Mark Neveldine do like to
entertain, and they certainly booted up this high-energy Nike
fantasy with lashings of charm and humour - plus some real-life
Manchester United players - all played out to a cracking
soundtrack.
Thierry Henry pelts out of dark screen into minimalist
corridors, kicking his ball and treating us to some fancy footwork
and ball control. Oblivious to his surroundings, he shatters a
framed photo of himself and chief Wenger ("Sorry, Boss!"); disturbs
the neighbours ("Helen, that Frenchman's out there again.");
topples a bookcase; is pursued and finally tackled by his
dreamed-up Man U players. Or was that his friendly boxer dog that
tripped him? In post-production The Mill made the most of Thierry's
exuberance by exaggerating the resulting chaos.
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