Dwayne Johnson is well-known for his pro wrestling career, as well as being the smoldering action star in fun franchises like Jumanji and Fast & Furious , but his next project is a whole different animal. The Rock stars in A24’s The Smashing Machine , a biographical sports drama about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, and while I wasn’t sure what to expect from the actor in possibly his most interesting role yet , critics have me hyped with their comments from the Venice International Film Festival.

The Smashing Machine premiered at the film festival a month before it hits the 2025 movie calendar , and critics sure had a lot to say about the Benny Safdie movie that reunites Dwayne Johnson with Emily Blunt , who he starred alongside in 2021’s The Jungle Cruise . This movie was defin

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