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The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
104 minComedyThrillerDramaMystery
TMDb6.6/10843 votes
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.
Country: United States
Director: Riley Stearns
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg
Casey
Alessandro Nivola
Sensei
Imogen Poots
Anna
Steve Terada
Thomas
David Zellner
Henry
Phillip Andre Botello
Kennith
Jason Burkey
Alex
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Mike Brooks
Steve
C.J. Rush
Other Steve
Davey Johnson
Gun Store Owner
Hauke Bahr
Grant
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Katherine Martin
Bakery Woman
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Cameron Murphy
New White Belt
Nicholas Hulstine
Pickup Truck Driver
Keywords
Style:dark comedysatiredeadpan
Plot:martial artssportspsychopathkaratecrematoriumsexismcultmurderdojomotorcycle gangdoggerman shepherdmisogynymuggingdeath of petblack beltmasculinityaccountanttraumatized manambiguous
