The marketing for writer-director Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t shy about pushing this mixed martial arts ...

"The Smashing Machine," in theaters Friday, allows Dwayne Johnson to show vulnerability in portraying MMA fighter Mark Kerr ...

From Benny Safdie, half of the Safdie Brothers whose Good Time and Uncut Gems pulled exactly zero punches with their ...

Benny Safdie wants to challenge our expectations of the traditional sports movie. His first solo directorial outing without ...

As Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt reunite onscreen for 'The Smashing Machine', the pair is already looking forward to their ...

The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his ...

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.

They Hayward native, known best as a professional wrestler and action/comedy star, loses himself in a challenging role about famed fighter/wrestler Mark Kerr.

The Rock packed on the pounds to portray college wrestler turned MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the deeply personal film he says “turned into more than a movie.” ...

But, for his upcoming movie The Smashing Machine in which Johnson portrays Kerr in his prime MMA days, he was told he had to gain weight to make his body look accurate. He underwent a 12-week training ...

In the world of sports biopics, Dwayne Johnson’s latest film, The Smashing Machine, is generating considerable buzz, especially with the upcoming awards season. Set against the backdrop of the early ...

Director Benny Safdie had no doubt Dwayne could embody the legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr, nicknamed “The Smashing Machine” for pulverizing opponents with his relentless headbutts.