2025 2h 3m Benny Safdie

The Smashing Machine

Name: The Smashing Machine
Genre: Drama, History, Action & Adventure, Sport
Released: 2025
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten

★ 6.3 IMDb

Drama History Action & Adventure Sport

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.

Writer Benny Safdie

Cast Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten

Music Nala Sinephro

Essays and Criticism

On this film

The Smashing Machine by Beatrice Loayza, 4Columns The Smashing Machine review – a moving portrait of masculinity in flux by Hannah Strong, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

Venice 2025 | The Real Thing by Chloe Lizotte, MUBI Notebook Venice Film Festival 2025: The Smashing Machine, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, The Testament of Ann Lee, Father Mother Sister Brother by Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com

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