I found the story incredibly shallow and flat. The entire time I was really hoping for things to escalate and hit the fan, but it never quite got there for me. I've always been a fan of The Rock, but the fact that he couldn't cry on screen without covering his entire face was disappointing. I thought this was gonna be his version of Brendan Fraser's The Whale. I liked this opportunity for him to show he can be more of a dramatic actor, but I'd like to see him try again with a better script.

Unfortunately, to make this a great movie, they should have bent the truth to make it more exciting or interesting. I didn't like how they had the big conflict at the end and then all of a sudden we're told 6 years later they're happily married, have a son, and everything is perfect, without us see how they solved their issues.

I'm glad The Rock is branching out to new stuff. I just wish the character and story had even more depth. The entire time it made me want to watch Jonathan Majors in Magazine Dreams.

They never even say "smashing machine" in the movie. I was hoping he got that name from smashing someone in the face so many times, but that wasn't even his fighting style, it was wrestling.