Fox News Digital reviews A24's gritty biopic "The Smashing Machine" starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples. In theaters October 3, 2025.

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A vulnerable man with a brutal career, he went undefeated on the mat while struggling in his private relationships and public addiction to painkillers, which he bravely revealed in John Hyams’ 2002 ...

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The Smashing Machine would seem to bear all the hallmarks of something grittier, darker and more disturbing than it is. It’s the solo directorial debut of the younger Safdie, whose films with his ...

Safdie opens the film with an almost Rocky III -like approach with a quick look at Kerr’s rise to fame as he lives up to the ...

“The Smashing Machine” centers on Kerr during 1997 to 2000, focusing on his formative years as a wrestler and his rise to ...