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The Smashing Machine (2025)
Directed by Benny Safdie
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 123 minutes
Actors
Dwayne Johnson | Emily Blunt | Ryan Bader | Bas Rutten | Lyndsey Gavin | Zoe Kosovic | Oleksandr Usyk | Satoshi Ishii | James Moontasri | Yoko Hamamura | Paul Cheng | Andre Tricoteux | Marcus Aurelio | Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu | Jerin Valel | Raja Flores | Egidiyus Klimas | Randi Lynne | Yasuhiro Nakatsuka | Kenny Rice | Tak Sasaki | Joshua Mazerolle | Jason William Day | Mark Kerr | Annette Alvarado | James McSweeney | Jonathan Corbblah | Ian Rosenberg | Nick Toren | Jill Basey | Bethany Brown | Soichi Sato | Takaaki Nagata | Jugo Hashimoto | Haruo Tokashiki | Hiroko Taki | Hironori Kamoshita | Yasuko Mitsuura | Shinpei Otsuki | Olga Dzyurak | Takeshi Kurokawa | Tomoka Kobayashi | Chris Franco | Takao Osawa | Midori Takiya | Naoshi Sasaki | Rina Shimomura | Royal Johnston | Whitney Moore | Adrianne Lovato | Tomoya Naka | Yûki Kedôin | Stephen Quadros | Tomoyasu Hotei | Nala Sinephro | Ryan Ventura | Paul Wu | Gary Copeland | Jamie Fair | Jordan Greer | Byron Capers | Ei Yoshikawa | Roberto de Abreu Filho | Lance Gibson | Yushin Okami | Marcus Vinicios | Adam Santos | Christopher Ackerman | Shawn Orr | Brett Randy Bourgeois | Scott Meloshinsky | Hugo Steele | Brennan Walstrom | Roberto Abreu | Jason Broadwell | Ismail Elfallahi | Charles Chi Soo Kim | Paul Lazenby | Jasper Salon | Nina Sugii | Naoki Tasaki | Jason Tremblay | Taylor Trujillo | Lawrence Yang
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/07/2025 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Great to be able to see this in The Big Show. Very sparse crowd but it was a Tuesday night so maybe that’s why?
The fight scenes look, sound and feel brutal and realistic. Johnson and Blunt both do excellent work. While Johnson’s appearance is the work of an excellent makeup and prosthetics team, he also does a great job really dissolving himself into Kerr, to the point I kind of forgot it was The Rock, which is great. Not an easy thing to do and not a safe role for him to take on.
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