As The Smashing Machine nears its release date on Friday, Oct. 3, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hasn’t been hard to find. The source material for the A24 biopic focused on UFC legend Mark Kerr; however, ...

Dwayne Johnson has set a wildfire-level anticipation with his bold, dramatic role in the new film The Smashing Machine. Following the reveal of an emotionally raw performance and a dramatic physical ...

Benny Safdie wants to challenge our expectations of the traditional sports movie. His first solo directorial outing without his brother Josh, “The Smashing Machine” is a biopic that zigs when you ...

Over 20 years ago, HBO aired a documentary called The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr (2002). It was about a mixed martial artist (MMA) who is considered a pioneer in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smashing Machine will be most people’s introduction to Mark Kerr, the soft-spoken mixed martial artist who was brawling back ...

Credits: Directed by Benny Safdie, starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Lindsey Gavin and Oleksandr Usyk. Rating/runtime: R for language and some drug abuse; 123 minutes. How ...