The team behind 'The Smashing Machine' wanted to make every slam, punch and knee to the head reverberate all the way to the cheap seats. Here's how they did it.

A24’s version takes a different approach. Director Benny Safdie, in his first solo directorial effort, draws from that documentary while expanding on Kerr’s inner world. Safdie worked closely with ...

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 ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson transforms into MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's A24 biopic "The Smashing Machine," releasing this fall.

Mark Kerr’s status as a UFC great was cemented on this day in 1997. Kerr enjoyed a legendary mixed martial arts career that is the subject of The Smashing Machine movie, which was released in October ...

Dwayne Johnson isn’t exactly known for being undersized. But when director Benny Safdie told him he needed to “get bigger” to play real-life UFC legend Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, Johnson and ...

Veteran journalist Dave Meltzer has assessed The Rock's portrayal of Mark Kerr in "The Smashing Machine," and discussed whether the movie got things right about the MMA legend's career. A majority of ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's latest foray into film was the biopic "The Smashing Machine," based on the life of UFC veteran Mark Kerr. Johnson seemed especially passionate about the project, and even ...

Oscar-nominated special makeup effects artist and prosthetic designer Kazu Hiro details Johnson's transformation into MMA ...