"The unforgettable true story of a UFC legend." A24 revealed the first official trailer for The Smashing Machine, the highly anticipated new film from Benny Safdie, one half of now iconic filmmaker brothers duo known as the Safdie Brothers. This time it's just Benny's project alone, he wrote & directed this without his brother Josh this time. Together they made Good Time and Uncut Gems, earning their place in cinema history with both. in The Smashing Machine, the story is focused on the "trailblazing UFC, PRIDE, and VFC fighter" Mark Kerr during the peak of his career in 2000. Detailing the good, the bad, and the ugly of his rise to the top of the sport. MMA fighter Mark Kerr struggles with addiction, winning, and love during his peak in the UFC. Starring Dwayne Johnson with impressive facial prosthetics in a powerful lead role as Kerr. With Emily Blunt as his girlfriend, and featuring Lyndsey Gavin, Oleksandr Usyk, Ryan Bader, Satoshi Ishii; plus Bas Rutten and Stephen Quadros as themselves. Yeah - this is looking pretty dang good, digging into his personal side. Will be ready for a release in October later this year. How does it look? // Continue Reading ›