"The Smashing Machine" deserves to be considered in the pantheon of MMA filmmaking, with excellent performances from Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, even if the movie relies heavily on the documentary ...

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In his first solo directorial outing, Benny Safdie turns the story of UFC fighter Mark Kerr into a laceratingly humane sports biopic.

Based on a true story, The Smashing Machine is a biopic of Mark Kerr, a former mixed martial artist with a turbulent life. Details here.

In The Smashing Machine documentary, graphic footage is shown of Kerr injecting narcotics in a bid to numb his pain. His girlfriend and later wife, Dawn, who will be played in the film adaptation by ...