The Rock and Benny Safdie wanted to make sure The Smashing Machine looked as real as possible. That meant taking some real punches during some fight scenes, and unfortunately, The Rock says he got a ...
Dwayne Johnson plays Mark Kerr in "The Smashing Machine," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of A24 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) --The Smashing Machine, in theaters Friday, makes for an interesting ...
Emily Blunt, left, and Dwayne Johnson in “The Smashing Machine.” Benny Safdie wants to challenge our expectations of the traditional sports movie. His first solo directorial outing without his brother ...
Dwayne Johnson packs on even more muscle for the role of a lifetime as complicated MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Benny Safdie's sports biopic "The Smashing Machine" puts The Rock in the Oscar best actor ...
Johnson’s taut performance, Benny Safdie’s bio-pic about the mixed-martial-arts fighter Mark Kerr proves distanced and passionless.
Mark “The Hammer” Coleman is nothing short of a pioneer when it comes to mixed martial arts in the United States. The Ohio native set himself apart from others in multiple organizations, including ...
In “Smashing Machine,” written and directed by Safdie, Johnson stars as Mark Kerr, a champion in the early days of MMA fighting who made a career comeback after battling substance abuse. Emily Blunt ...
Once known as “The Smashing Machine”, Kerr’s life is now being told on the big screen with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson bringing his story to Hollywood.
Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, plays real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine.” The movie, directed by Benny Safdie and also starring Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, hits theaters ...
Mark Kerr is pictured after winning the heavyweight tournament during the UFC 15 event on October 17, 1997. His life is being dramatised for the movie The Smashing Machine (Getty Images) Dwayne "The ...
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.” ...
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.