The fans will be pleasantly surprised to see a transformed Dwayne Johnson in an Oscar-worthy role. He certainly seems to have come a long way — from doing solo action-oriented roles to graduating to comedy and now an action drama that received a 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.

We’ve seen many sports biopics, some of them really great experiences (‘Rocky’, ‘Million Dollar Baby’, ‘The Iron Claw’, to name a few), but this one tries to be different. This is a Verite-styled drama-heavy action film, a biopic about mixed-martial arts and UFC champion, Mark Kerr.

Writer-director Benny Safdie clearly attempts to make this sports movie minus the expected cliches. The docu-drama approach is what makes this film give out a different vibe. The audience is made an uninvolved ob

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