In Benny Safdie's sports biopic "The Smashing Machine," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays mixed martial artist Mark Kerr.
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Watching 'The Smashing Machine' feels like going 12 rounds

There's a reason this movie wasn't in theaters long enough to spit at, writes Mary Cox.
The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA legend Mark Kerr, is now streaming on OTT. Check the release date, platform, cast details, and why this gripping sports biopic is worth watching ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” director Benny Safdie and Hollywood megastar Dwayne Johnson want audiences to ...
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‘The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his best to get the Rock there. Not nearly as pleasurably anxiety-inducing as ...
The Smashing Machine (2025) Film Review from the 50th Annual Toronto International Film Festival, a movie directed and written by Benny Safdie, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Lyndsey Gavin, ...
Benny Safdie wrote, directed, co-produced and edited “The Smashing Machine,” a new American biographical sports drama film. Based on the 2002 documentary “The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of ...