BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Director Benny Safdie throws a lot of cinematic punches in “The Smashing Machine,” the story of MMA and Extreme fighter Mark Kerr. The problem is that those punches either ...

Dwayne Johnson in 'The Smashing Machine' The first time Kerr watched the film, Safdie showed him an unfinished cut, curious to see if he was on the right path. Kerr watched it with his brother Michael ...

The real-life UFC legend, director Benny Safdie, and stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt tell IndieWire how they earned each other's trust for the biopic. For Safdie, it involved the director telling ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Benny Safdie have teamed up to bring one of the most intriguing stories in combat sports to the big screen. Their new film, The Smashing Machine, dramatizes the life of ...

From the opening bell to the closing credits, Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” challenges the established way of doing things much like the sport depicted in his picture. Revisiting the early ...

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 ...