Overview

• The A24 biopic is now playing nationwide following acclaimed premieres at Venice and Toronto.
• Dwayne Johnson’s performance as Mark Kerr is widely praised as a career best and is drawing awards-season discussion.
• Benny Safdie’s first solo feature favors character and vulnerability over a conventional sports-movie arc.
• Mark Kerr has publicly weighed in on the film’s accuracy and described watching it as therapeutic.
• Authenticity is reinforced by real MMA figures such as Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman and Bas Rutten as himself, even as Safdie acknowledges deliberate condensing and invented moments.