‘Smashing Machine’ Subject Mark Kerr on “Gut-Wrenching” Ending and Cussing About Dwayne Johnson’s Prosthetics

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of ...

Dwayne Johnson Explains ‘The Smashing Machine’ Is “Not A Fight Movie” At A24 Biopic’s LA Premiere: “It’s A Life Movie”

Dwayne Johnson brings UFC legend Mark Kerr‘s life to the big screen with The Smashing Machine, straddling the line of “lover” ...

The Smashing Machine review: This enthralling sports biopic did a piledriver on my emotions

The Smashing Machine immerses audiences in a heartfelt drama elevated by Benny Safdie's direction and the performances by ...

‘The Smashing Machine’ Could Frankly Use a Bit More Smashing

The Rock goes for broke in Benny Safdie's sports biopic about MMA star Mark Kerr — but it's more of a mellow mood piece than a battle royale.

‘The Smashing Machine’ review: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Bader shine in subdued fight story that needed better game plan

Safdie opens the film with an almost Rocky III -like approach with a quick look at Kerr’s rise to fame as he lives up to the ...

Dwayne Johnson on Losing Weight to Play an Old Man in ‘Lizard Music’: ‘Think Clint Eastwood at 75 — Sinewy Muscles, He’s Lean’

In “Smashing Machine,” written and directed by Safdie, Johnson stars as Mark Kerr, a champion in the early days of MMA ...