Here's everything you need to know on the real-life Mark Kerr: Mark Kerr is a 56-year-old retired wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He’s not far from Johnson’s age, actually, which is ...

Learn about former Ohio State wrestler and UFC fighter Mark Coleman and why he is portrayed in 'The Smashing Machine' ...

Fox News Digital reviews A24's gritty biopic "The Smashing Machine" starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples. In theaters October 3, 2025.

The Smashing Machine was released on October 3, 2025, by A24. Prior to that, it bagged the Silver Lion award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Mark Kerr, a famous fighter from Ohio, is the man who inspired Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new film The Smashing Machine. The movie, directed by Benny Safdie, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in ...

The Smashing Machine features Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, playing the role of ex-MMA artist Mark Kerr. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kerr revealed that he swore at Johnson after ...

Actor Dwayne Johnson described his latest A24 project, 'The Smashing Machine', as "not a fight movie, but a life movie" during the film's premiere at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, ...

The Smashing Machine paints Mark Kerr's life as a series of euphoric highs and destructive lows, and these continued after ...

Dwayne Johnson-starrer 'The Smashing Machine' tells UFC legend Mark Kerr’s real-life story of triumph, struggle, and recovery.

UFC legend Don Frye didn't pull his punches while landing several verbal attacks on MMA legend Mark Kerr and Dwayne Johnson.

Dwayne Johnson's Oscar hopeful The Smashing Machine is no match for the might of Taylor Swift's Showgirl album movie in its box office debut.

The sequence at the credits of real-life Mark Kerr today at a market show a humble man that Johnson caught in his essentially ...