Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smashing Machine will be most people’s introduction to Mark Kerr, the soft-spoken mixed martial artist who was brawling back ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A24’s version takes a different approach. Director Benny Safdie, in his first solo directorial effort, draws from that documentary ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Smashing Machine!Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine tells the true story of UFC legend Mark Kerr, who is often credited with popularizing MMA fighting ...

At the very end of The Smashing Machine, the audience gets to see the real Mark Kerr. In the preceding 115 minutes (give or take), Kerr is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson as we follow the former UFC ...

This article contains some spoilers for The Smashing Machine. Even though Mark Kerr lived through the events that are depicted in The Smashing Machine, the former professional fighter found something ...

Minor spoiler alert! We're discussing plot points from "The Smashing Machine" (in theaters now), so be warned if you want to go in completely cold. With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” ...

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of Famer. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter “The last scene was ...

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 ...

Ahead of Friday's release of The Smashing Machine, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr sat down with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith to discuss the film on Thursday's episode of First ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Mark Kerr was a mixed martial arts newcomer in 1997, but already had the look of a superstar. After ...

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The Rock's new movie "The Smashing Machine" is a biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Director Benny Safdie aimed for the film to be a "truthful representation" of Mark Kerr's life story, but ...