The Rock Is Running Right Back to a Franchise

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I really expected The Smashing Machine to be successful for The Rock. Not financially. If it made money, that would be a bonus. Moreover, I assumed his performance would be seen as something we couldn’t miss. I thought even people who didn’t like the movie would single out his portrayal of Mark Kerr as reason enough to see the film, similar to how people who didn’t enjoy body horror still watched The Substance for Demi Moore. I was wrong!

I’m part of the “problem,” to be fair. I did not care for the movie, and thought that The Rock’s performance in it was okay at best . The movie has floundered at the box office, earning Dwayne Johnson the lowest opening of his film career.

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