The Smashing Machine

Movie • 2025 • Sport  

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In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.
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There is no dog in this film. No animals die in this film.
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Are there entrances from audience?
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Is there live gunfire?
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Not physically to each other, but items around the home are smashed in response to arguments
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The main romantic couple have an unhealthy relationship and constantly fight and make up.
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Addiction
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Drug and alcohol, mainly addiction to pain relief drugs
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The protagonist has a drug addiction.
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Does a cat die?
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There is a cat in one scene, we never see it again.
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A cat hisses when removed from a seat but purrs soon afterwards when put back
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Assault
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone drugged?
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A suicidal character is restrained for their own protection
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Hair shaved off
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Heads are kicked multiple times but there is not much visible harm
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A character hurts their arm, which is an old injury. Unsure what exactly happens
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Bruised eye sockets
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Are any hands damaged?
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Some teeth are knocked out during fights
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Is there amputation?
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Off screen from an overdose. There are KOs in fights but we always see the person get up again.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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A character is found unconscious off screen but they recover
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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A character's head is shaved by a barber
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Yes but we only see the top half
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Are there mannequins?
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Is someone eaten?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there farting?
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Yes, bone crunching sounds
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Police are called after a suicide attempt and a person is taken away by police but presumably to hospital
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Live Theatre
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At the start when wrestlers come out of a pyramid entrance there is dry ice smoke
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Is there audience participation?
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Loss
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An expensive bowl is smashed and later repaired
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Medical
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Yes several times close up view
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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We see a doctor's surgery early in the film. After the overdose there is a hospital scene. There is also a medical bay at the end of the film.
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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A character is briefly thought to be having a heart attack but they have actually hurt their arm.
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Yes but they are stopped.
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Does someone self harm?
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Attempted.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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No but emotional trauma is a big deal for the protagonist
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Not really, possibly kind of when high
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Yes, throughout, filmed like a documentary
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Towards the end the two male leads go out to a crowd of fans and there are hands waving directly in the camera, felt like flashing images. After this scene is a scene with pyrotechnics.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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In one scene showing Mark Coleman's homelife
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Is there screaming?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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The last scene of the film shows the real person the film is based on and he briefly addresses the audience.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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In one scene
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Is there aphobia?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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Around ten years between the actors, I don't know about between the characters
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Some PDA kissing that was a bit uncomfortable but no sex.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there BDSM?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Sexism
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There are several scenes where Mark Kerr is crying, and everyone is fully supportive of him when he does so.
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
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Kind of bittersweet. Could be viewed as sad but the lead is smiling at the end
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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There’s a scene at a fair where there are racing vehicles colliding with each other.
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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One brief scene a character attempts suicide with a gun. It doesn't get fired
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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