Reviews for Dwayne Johnson's new movie, The Smashing Machine, have dropped ahead of its Oct. 3 release, and they're surprisingly mixed. Up until earlier this week, buzz for Benny Safdie's sports ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Even thought the Rock’s Smashing Machine movie wasn’t the critically-acclaimed or box-office hit that A24 was hoping for, the studio now has another chance to drum up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” director Benny Safdie and Hollywood megastar Dwayne Johnson want audiences to ...

The Smashing Machine, A24’s much-hyped mixed martial arts (MMA)-themed biopic starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pioneer, Mark Kerr, made a big splash at ...

Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples and Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr in 'The Smashing Machine' (2025) Ken Hirama/A24/Courtesy Everett Collection Dwayne Johnson brings UFC legend Mark Kerr‘s life to the big ...

‘The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his best to get the Rock there. Not nearly as pleasurably anxiety-inducing as ...

With a title like The Smashing Machine, one might expect writer-director Benny Safdie’s first solo-directed feature to be a brutal, grinding sit. The film is based on the 2002 documentary of the same ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson addressed the underwhelming opening weekend box office numbers for his new film, "The Smashing Machine." After the Oct. 3 nationwide theatrical release of the R-rated sports ...

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But not all of the reviews have been negative. Many have praised the film, with the performances of Johnson, Blunt, and Bader high atop the list. Men’s Journal’s review commended Johnson’s work, ...