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The Smashing Machine (2025)

Directed by Benny Safdie · Cinematography by Maceo Bishop

R123 min154 frames

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What is The Smashing Machine about?

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.

The Smashing Machine is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film, written and directed by Benny Safdie. It stars Dwayne Johnson as American combat sportsman Mark Kerr, alongside Emily Blunt as Kerr's girlfriend, with supporting roles from Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten and Oleksandr Usyk.

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What does the cinematography of The Smashing Machine look like?

Across 154 sampled frames, medium shots dominate the coverage of The Smashing Machine (70% of the sample). Cinematographer Maceo Bishop keeps 62% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 88% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Smashing Machine?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Smashing Machine (2025) are #312f2d, #f7f7f4, #0e0e0d, #d5d4cd, #52504b, #cdb191 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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