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.

At the very end of The Smashing Machine, the audience gets to see the real Mark Kerr. In the preceding 115 minutes (give or take), Kerr is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson as we follow the former UFC ...

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 ...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson completely transformed into fighter Mark Kerr for the biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine. Johnson committed to the role so much, he sat in the makeup chair for ...

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of Famer. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter “The last scene was ...

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 ...

The Smashing Machinetells the inspirational true story of Mark Kerr, one of the pioneering figures in Mixed Martial Arts throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. The film chronicles his early rise to ...

Mark Kerr’s status as a UFC great was cemented on this day in 1997. Kerr enjoyed a legendary mixed martial arts career that is the subject of The Smashing Machine movie, which was released in October ...

Kurt Angle recently praised The Smashing Machine, a biopic about MMA legend Mark Kerr. Dwayne Johnson stars as the UFC Hall of Famer in the film. Angle discussed his relationship with Kerr before ...

A new Hollywood biopic, in theaters now, covers the life and career of former UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Titled The Smashing Machine, it features Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Kerr, almost unrecognizable ...

Writer/director Benny Safdie also explains why he changed or left out key moments from Kerr's life and career in the A24 biopic, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. This article contains spoilers ...