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Review: "The Smashing Machine" – Olexandr Usyk gives Dwayne Johnson a beating
The premiere of "The Smashing Machine" took place at the Venice Film Festival. LIGA.net reports on Benny Safdie's solo directorial debut.

The story centers on the legendary fighter Mark Kerr, a pioneer of MMA, one of those who popularized the UFC fighting style in the USA at the turn of the 1990s and 2000s.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays the main role, and in a key scene of the film, Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk, who embodies Kerr's rival, enters the ring. And it is Usyk who turns this seemingly predictable biopic into an episode of culture shock.
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