'The Smashing Machine' (2025) Movie Review | Dwayne Johnson | Emily Blunt | Benny Safdie | A24 episode artwork

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'The Smashing Machine' (2025) Movie Review | Dwayne Johnson | Emily Blunt | Benny Safdie | A24

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Today I'm reviewing "The Smashing Machine” 2025 American biographical sports drama film written, directed, co-produced, and edited by Benny Safdie. Based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr, it stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten and Oleksandr Usyk. W A Y S T O S U P P O R T T H I S C H A N N E L: ► SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/2lj413n ► BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqD7CXlHe1jNemKzFjkOUlQ/join ► cash.app/$MovieFiles ► STREAMLABS: https://streamlabs.com/moviefiles ► PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/MovieFiles FOLLOW ME ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles_ ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/moviefiles ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/MovieFilesLive ► Letterboxd | https://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/ ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Synopsis: MMA fighter Mark Kerr reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way. Directed by Benny Safdie Written by Benny Safdie Based on The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr by John Hyams Starring Dwayne Johnson Emily Blunt Ryan Bader Bas Rutten Oleksandr Usyk Narrated by James Romero Cinematography Maceo Bishop Music by Nala Sinephro Distributed by A24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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