As The Smashing Machine nears its release date on Friday, Oct. 3, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hasn’t been hard to find. With appearances ranging from The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning,

This is the fate of The Smashing Machine, which deadens its retold story of early mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr with stilted reenactments and endless injections of numbing drama. This seeming contradiction between personality and profession—inner and outer life—is one that has,

Written and directed by Benny Safdie of the Safdie brothers, The Smashing Machine is based on the 2002 documentary, 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Ex

THE SMASHING MACHINE depicts the career of mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr (“Car”) during the heights of his success from 1997

Review: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine punches hard for the most part, but stops short of a knockout.