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Johnson portrays former MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the movie.

Plenty of star power packs the documentary-turned-fiction.

The Rock packed on the pounds to portray college wrestler turned MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the deeply personal film he says “turned into more than a movie.”

Dwayne Johnson transforms into MMA legend Mark Kerr in 'The Smashing Machine', a gritty biopic generating Oscar buzz. Could this be The Rock's first Academy Award?

Once known as “The Smashing Machine”, Kerr’s life is now being told on the big screen with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson bringing his story to Hollywood.

Large-scale sculptures illuminate Lisbon's MAAT, A24's 'The Smashing Machine' wrestles with addiction, and Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' marks the cultural event of the year.

INSIDE FILM: Benny Safdie’s new wrestling drama has made its leading man an unexpected Oscar contender. But it’s also a clever bit of career course correction for the typically commercially minded star, writes Xan Brooks – different for him, but not so much that it could sabotage his brand

Mark Kerr walked so live-action Maui could flex.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is "not a big therapy guy" and keeps his feelings to himself.

The man behind Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt’s telling of the rise, fall and redemption of MMA pioneer Mark Kerr .

He became cinema’s most bankable strongman. But weary of his own persona, Johnson turned to indie director Benny Safdie – and delivered a bruising new role that rewrites his own rulebook