With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” director Benny Safdie and Hollywood megastar Dwayne Johnson want audiences to experience the world of a mixed martial arts fighter through their eyes.

The Smashing Machine, directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, depicts the life and career of MMA legend and two-time UFC Tournament winner Mark Kerr. The film follows Kerr’s ...

Not many sports drama films capture the raw emotional intensity like Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, which follows the true story of MMA legend Mark Kerr. Produced by A24 and starring Dwayne ...

This article contains spoilers for The Smashing Machine. The Smashing Machine's most important critic is the man who inspired it all. And legendary mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr tells ...

In "The Smashing Machine," for which Johnson was nominated for a Golden Globe award, he played pioneering UFC fighter Kerr to critical acclaim. "The Smashing Machine" biopic was based on a documentary ...

A24’s version takes a different approach. Director Benny Safdie, in his first solo directorial effort, draws from that documentary while expanding on Kerr’s inner world. Safdie worked closely with ...

Becoming the Smashing Machine required disguising the Rock. "It was all-consuming," Dwayne Johnson, star of the biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, tells Entertainment Weekly of how big the challenge ...

The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as real-life MMA and UFC icon Mark Kerr, is coming to digital streaming this week. The film also stars Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, Dawn ...

Ken Shamrock recently spoke about The Smashing Machine, and its portrayal of Mark Kerr’s career and emotional struggle with addiction. The film stars Dwayne Johnson and focuses on Kerr’s career from ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has established himself as a top star in Hollywood over the last decade, but he revealed that he was scared to play Mark Kerr on the silver screen in "The Smashing Machine." ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's latest foray into film was the biopic "The Smashing Machine," based on the life of UFC veteran Mark Kerr. Johnson seemed especially passionate about the project, and even ...