In Benny Safdie's sports biopic "The Smashing Machine," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays mixed martial artist Mark Kerr.

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The Smashing Machine (2025) Film Review from the 50th Annual Toronto International Film Festival, a movie directed and written by Benny Safdie, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Lyndsey Gavin, ...

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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 ...