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Watching 'The Smashing Machine' feels like going 12 rounds

There's a reason this movie wasn't in theaters long enough to spit at, writes Mary Cox.
The New York Times

‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Licking Wounds, In and Out of the Ring

Dwayne Johnson shines, but the movie around him tells the wrong story. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate ...
SFGate

Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson has never been better in 'The Smashing Machine,' but the movie dodges

Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t what you think it is, especially if you think it’s a movie about a British guy who thinks his typewriter is the tops. “The Smashing Machine” would seem to ...
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The Smashing Machine movie review (2025)

A review of 'The Smashing Machine' (2025), starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Covering his UFC and Pride FC days from 1997-2000. Is this movie a knockout? Unprecedented and ...