The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine (2025)

65%
511votes
7popularity
123min

"The unforgettable true story of a UFC legend."
WebSite:https://a24films.com/films/the-smashing-machine
Budget:$50,000,000
Revenue:$21,133,481
Release:10/1/2025
Genres:Drama | History
Original language:English
Spoken languages:English | Japanese | Ukrainian
Countries:United States of America

Overview:

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.… Expand

Production companies:

A24
United States of America
Seven Bucks Productions
United States of America
Out for the Count
United States of America
Magnetic Fields Entertainment
United States of America

Cast

Cast

Videos

Trailer #2
9/12/2025Trailer
Trailer
4/29/2025Trailer

Videos

Recommendations

Movie
2025
71%
Christy
Movie
2025
62%
Salvable
Movie
2007
63%
Resurrecting the Champ
Movie
1980
79%
Raging Bull
Movie
2023
68%
Perfect Addiction
Movie
2017
62%
Jawbone
Movie
1990
66%
Postcards from the Edge
Movie
2019
61%
A Million Little Pieces
Movie
2023
76%
Big George Foreman
Movie
2018
67%
A Prayer Before Dawn
Movie
2024
73%
The Fire Inside
Movie
1987
64%
Less Than Zero
Movie
2016
66%
Hands of Stone
Movie
1999
74%
The Hurricane
Movie
1972
71%
Fat City
Movie
2025
67%
Queen of the Ring
Movie
2004
64%
The Football Factory
Movie
2000
65%
Girlfight
Movie
1994
75%
Ed Wood
Movie
2021
68%
Bruised

Recommendations

Reviews

60%
CinemaSerf
Geronimo1967
- Created:10/9/2025
- Updated:10/9/2025
Mickey O’Rourke had a go in 2008 and Orlando Bloom earlier this year in “The Cut”, so now it’s the turn of Dwayne Johnson to bulk up and out to deliver a biopic of UFC pioneer Mark Kerr. This is all set at a time when he can make a living for himself and girlfriend Dawn (Emily Blunt) but there are no Ferraris and swimming pools for them. For that he has to win the Grand Prix in Japan and that involves his embarking on the ultimate in fitness and endurance regimes, aided by his own chemical romances that frequently seem to render him little better than catatonic. Domestic dysfunction ensues as he has to face up to his responsibilities and settle his priorities before what he has comes crumbling down. It’s a true story, but it just didn’t engage me at all. Johnson comes across well as the amiable and dedicated athlete, but a film about any sport that requires a rule change to ban eye gouging was probably never really going to work for me. The fight scene are sparing, occasionally graphic, and they do convey just how brutal this mixed martial arts combat can be, but the characterisations here are just all too sterile to engage. Whilst Kerr comes across as a decent human being, Blunt’s performance doesn’t really make anything like enough impact as it trundles along without much from the dialogue to make me care. Tangentially, it does quite enjoyably poke some fun at the inanity and banality of sport’s broadcasting punditry and I didn’t hate it, but I’ll probably never watch it again.… Expand

Filmoteka

The Smashing Machine (2025)

Cast

Cast

Videos

Videos

Recommendations

Recommendations

Reviews

Reviews

Videos

Recommendations

Reviews