After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), and hardcore brown belt Anna (Imogen Poots), Casey gains a newfound sense of confidence for the first time in his life. But when he attends Sensei’s mysterious night classes, he discovers a sinister world of fraternity, brutality and hyper-masculinity, presenting a journey that places him squarely in the sights of his enigmatic new mentor. Audacious and offbeat, The Art of Self-Defense is an original dark comedy that takes toxic masculinity to absurd extremes.
Have your life transformed at the dojo of karate expert and teacher Sensei!
From THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE director Riley Stearns.
A five-year-old girl is turned over by her middle-class parents to a pack of wolves to learn "strength, self-reliance, and cunning behavior." The girl is timid at first, clutching to her father's leg, but as he says, "[Wolves] can smell fear,"...
