MOVIE · 2019
The Art of Self-Defense
ActionAdventureComedyCrimeDramaMysteryThriller104 min
After a random street attack leaves him shaken, Jesse Eisenberg’s Casey signs up at a local karate dojo, hoping self-defense will make him less afraid of the world. The school is run by a commanding Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), with stern brown belt Anna guiding Casey through its rigid codes and rituals. What begins as awkward training and small gains in confidence pulls him deeper into a closed circle built on hierarchy, aggression, and warped ideas of manhood, as the dojo’s night classes hint at something harsher underneath.
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