Unrecognizable! Dwayne Johnson gives life to an UFC legend in the new trailer of ‘The Smashing Machine’
A24 has just published on April 29 the first trailer of his next film: The Smashing Machinewhich will be starring the renowned actor Dwayne Johnson.
The new tape will be a biographical drama in which Johnson will play the heavyweight champion Mark Kerr, Considered a legend of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In the revealing images published by the A24 film producer, a totally transformed Dwayne Johnson can be seen.
“I am at a point in my career where I want to strive as I have not done in the past,” said the actor before Variety. “I am at a time in my career where I want to make movies that import, that explore humanity, fight, pain“He added.
For its part Mark Kerrthe true UFC fighter, shared the movie’s poster on his Instagram account on April 28, one day before the trailer launch. In the post of the post he wrote: “I am very proud of the work that DJ did to become The Smashing Machine. ”
Then he added: “I have a lot of gratitude, humility and respect for every small detail that the production discovered. I can’t wait to share this experience with the world”
The official synopsis of the film simply explains that it will be “the story of the legendary mixed martial arts and UFC, Mark Kerr.”
The American athlete is famous for fighting from 1997 to 2009, winning four world championships Throughout his career.
The trailer presents the character of “The rock”, Artistic name of Dwayne Johnson, in a waiting room while asking other people if they know what the UFC is. Then the Golden Globe winner appears Emily Bluntwho will play Dawn, Kerr’s wife.
In the images you can see Dawn encouraging her husband during her fighting and supporting him out of the ring, even when she is in her training, moments when Mark looks fighting pain which entails participating in a high -risk sport.
Also the advance shows Scenes full of intrigue and emotion in which the protagonist faces his intimate friend Mark Coleman. The fighting sequences are interspersed with discussions and reunions between Kerr and his wife Dawn.
At the end of the trailer, Johnson’s character signed a young admirer, advising him in a fun way not to get in fights.
It is not the first time that the life and trajectory of the legendary UFC fighter appears in the cinema, because in 2002 HBO premiered a documentary entitled The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerrtape that shows the mental and physical wear of the protagonist within the MMA, as well as its Problems due to substance consumption.
In addition to Dawyne Johnson and Emily Bluntwhich will star The Smashing Machine After having appeared together on the tape Jungle Cruise (2021), real fighters will also participate as Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten and Oleksandr Usyk.
Benny Safdieone of the two Safdie brothers who co -directed and wrote tapes like Uncut Gems (2019) or Good Time (2017), debuts as a lonely director in this film.
The Smashing Machine The next October 3, 2025.
