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

Dwayne Johnson transforms for the role of complicated real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's sports drama "The ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is better than he's ever been in "The Smashing Machine," Benny Safdie's film about mixed martial ...

The actor wants you to forget 'Jumanji' and think of him as Oscar material in this MMA-set drama from director Benny Safdie ...

Dwayne Johnson transforms into UFC fighter Mark Kerr, aiming for Oscar recognition with a dramatic, prosthetic-laden ...

By the sound of it, Johnson didn’t have a ton of time to let his famous elbow heal, as he and Safdie also revealed the ...

Mark Kerr (played by Dwayne Johnson) trains for a major global MMA tournament in Benny Safdie's sports drama "The Smashing ...

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

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 ...

The action movie star, who tapped into some childhood trauma to play mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr in his new film, ...