Review: Dwayne Johnson’s first serious role in years is a smashing success in “The Smashing Machine”

‘The Smashing Machine’ movie review: Dwayne Johnson disappears into Mark Kerr to deliver a knockout

Benny Safdie’s biographical sports drama about MMA fighter Mark Kerr is a harrowing watch, thanks to bruising performances from Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, and Nala Sinephro’s unsettling jazz score

The Smashing Machine movie review: Dwayne Johnson gives it his all in Benny Safdie film

The Smashing Machine review: Dwayne Johnson gives it his all, from every sinew of his sculpted body to going unrecognisable under prosthetics, for the role of Kerr – his best in a long career of playing either action stars or low-key comedy ones.

Smashing Machine Movie Review | Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr

Dwayne Johnson surprises in a stripped-down, affecting performance as MMA legend Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s Smashing Machine. The film deglamorizes the sport, digs into addiction and relationships, and finds real stakes far beyond the cage. The post The Smashing Machine appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

Review: Dwayne Johnson’s first serious role in years is a smashing success in “The Smashing Machine”

One of the biggest surprises of any actor’s career was Dwayne Johnson’s seemingly total career change within the last few months. In Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” it seems that he is one of the first directors to get a great performance out of Johnson. What makes the movie so successful is how they use his superstardom. Everyone is used to Johnson being a huge action hero; whatever genre of film it is, we all have come to expect a certa…

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