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 Famer.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson completely transformed into fighter Mark Kerr for the biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine. Johnson committed to the role so much, he sat in the makeup chair for ...

At its bleeding, opioid-addicted heart, American filmmaker Benny Safdie’s solo directorial debut, The Smashing Machine, is a film about a superhuman and his girl, struggling with the daily ...

The film is not a soup-to-nuts biopic but focuses on three eventful years of Kerr’s life, from his undefeated peak in 1999 to the beginning of the end in 2002, via an overdose, rehab, and several ...

MMA legend Ryan Bader makes his acting debut in The Smashing Machine — and it didn’t take him long to realize he was in uncharted territory after filming with costar Emily Blunt. “We have a scene ...

Mark Kerr had eight wrestling matches with WWE veteran, Kurt Angle. Kerr and Angle both won four encounters, but Angle won the big one.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson underwent a remarkable transformation for his latest movie “The Smashing Machine,” a film inspired by the real-life of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr. During a Sept. 30 ...

SITTING IN A Beverly Hills hotel room during one of multiple media junkets, Dwayne Johnson spent nearly three minutes explaining how he morphed his mind and body into Mark Kerr for "The Smashing ...

Mark Kerr’s career is one of the most compelling, cautionary tales in combat sports history. Behind the undefeated streak and the terrifying moniker, "The Smashing Machine," was a story far more human ...

For almost 25 years, Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) has tried to make himself into a movie star, with mixed results. While his leading man parts did okay, his biggest successes have been as part of ...

"The Smashing Machine," written and directed by Benny Safdie, stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. The biopic will be released in October.

Dwayne Johnson has no illusions about his MMA skills. For the past two years, The Rock has been training intensively in MMA for his role as Mark Kerr in ...