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12/07/2019 Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Mystery 1h 44m
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Overview

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

  1. Riley Stearns

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jesse Eisenberg

    Casey

  2. Alessandro Nivola

    Sensei

  3. Imogen Poots

    Anna

  4. Steve Terada

    Thomas

  5. David Zellner

    Henry

  6. Phillip Andre Botello

    Kennith

  7. Jason Burkey

    Alex

  8. Mike Brooks

    Steve

  9. C.J. Rush

    Other Steve

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Reviews

A review by Gimly
Written by Gimly on 2020-01-17
I went in expecting mumblecore, but got more of a Wes Anderson (which, to be fair, a primary influence of mumblecore). Wes Anderson almost always has violence in his movies, but probably nothing so brutal as _The Art of Self-Defense_. I thought that the whole movie would essentially be setting up Eisenberg as an awkward, meek nerd, who at the very end would go uber-violent, and the joke that they bothered to make a movie for would essentially be "You didn't think this guy would punch very good but then he does". Happy to say, I was wrong. Not only does Eisenberg punch pretty good on actually m...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,800,000.00

Revenue
$2,400,000.00

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