Posted on 10/03/125 by Colin Vassallo
The Smashing Machine, the movie with Dwayne “The Rock”
Johnson and Emily Blunt in the leading roles, comes out in
theaters nationwide today.
The movie is based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing
Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr and
is directed by Benny Safdie and distributed by the A24 movie
studio.
Joining Johnson and Blunt on the cast are Lyndsey Gavin,
Oleksandr Usyk, Bas Rutten, Ryan Bader, Satoshi Ishii, Yoko
Hamamura, Paul Cheng, Cyborg Abreu, and Zoe Kosovic.
The movie finished filming in Vancouver in July 2024 with
additional principal photography also taking place in Los
Angeles, New Mexico, and Tokyo.
The Smashing Machine has received fantastic reviews from
critics, saying it’s Johnson’s best movie so far. The
director, Benny Safdie, won the Silver Lion at the Venice
International Film Festival last month for best director
following the world premiere. Johnson also received a 15-
minute standing ovation at the premiere.