The Smashing Machine Review: Dwayne Johnson’s Career-Defining Performance

Will *The Smashing Machine* become a timeless boxing movie like *Cinderella Man*, *The Fighter*, or *Raging Bull*? Probably not. However, that isn’t due to any shortcomings of the director, or the performances of the actors, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Mark Kerr, Emily Blunt as his girlfriend Dawn Staples, and Ryan Bader as his friend and fellow fighter Mark Coleman.








