A24 filled a new powerful trailer The Smashing machineThe next sports drama of the director Benny Safdie. This marks Benny’s first feature film without his brother Josh, and is already making a strong impression.
The film has just been previewed at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, where Safdie won the best director, and is now heading to Tiff before hitting cinemas on October 3, 2025.
The film follows the legendary fighter Mma Mark Kerr, played by Dwayne Johnsonduring the peak of his UFC career in the early 2000s.
History digs in Kerr struggles with addiction, success and its complicated personal life. The protagonist alongside Johnson is Emily Blunt Like Kerr Dawn’s girlfriend, who sails in the chaos of his world while trying to keep their relationship together.
The cast also presents Lyndsey Gavin, Oleksandr Usyk, Ryan Bader, Satoshi Ishiiwith Bas Ruttt AND Stephen Quadros Appearing as yourself to add authentic grit of the combat world.
In The Smashing machine“The story is focused on the UFC, Pride and VFC pioneer Mark Kerr during the peak of his career in 2000. Detail the good, the bad and the ugly of his ascent on top of this sport.”
Safdie bears his intensity signing to the film, working closely with Kerr himself on the script. Johnson physically transforms for the role, helped by impressive prostheses that make him almost unrecognizable and the first reactions indicate both Johnson and Blunt as an emotional nucleus of the film.
The Smashing machine It seems to be a study of a rough and compelling character that mixes a high -content MMMA action with the strare personal battles behind the cage.
By Joey Gour
Source: Geek Tyrant
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