The Smashing Machine

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale where I saw the Smashing Machine which it's based on a true story. Michael Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) who is a wrestler and Mixed Martial arts fighter who has a girlfriend Dawn(Emily Blunt) and is coached by Mark Coleman(Ryan Bader) which he is preparing for a fight in Japan and Kerr goes there but gets knocked out which he does not take it well as well as having issues with drugs which he was overdoses but survives and goes into rehab for help while Coleman goes to Japan where He fights . Kerr comes out of rehab and goes back to fighting which he is coached by Bas Rutten(played by the real Bas Rutten himself)as he aimes to go by back to Japan for the Championship for the Grand Prix in 2000 which Coleman also goes there and it gets interesting. It's AMAZING, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT acting by Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Ryan Bader. Dwayne Johnson was one of the producers with Benny Safide who directed it as well as writing it, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia and David Koplan. it is interesting to see Dwayne Johnson with hair in the movie and great to see him playing something different to the roles we normally see him for as well as he and Emily Blunt really clicked together in the movie and it was also interesting to see the real Mark Kerr in the movie too which it's good. I give this 4 and an half stars as it's in the cinemas now and do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

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