The Art of Self-Defense

2019

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Sport / Thriller

78
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 171 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 44405 44.4K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Riley Stearns Photo
Riley Stearns

Top cast

Jesse Eisenberg Photo
Jesse Eisenberg as Casey
Josh Fadem Photo
Josh Fadem as Serial Killer
Imogen Poots Photo
Imogen Poots as Anna
Steve Terada Photo
Steve Terada as Thomas
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
925.62 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 11
1.63 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 37

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SWITCH. 8 / 10

‘The Art of Self-Defense’ is a truly funny

‘The Art of Self-Defense’ is a truly funny, dark experience that will polarise audiences, hopefully leaving most of them satisfied. Just try not to think about it too much. - Ashley Teresa Read Ashley's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-art-of-self-defense-a-satire-as-pitch-black-as-a-karate-belt
Reviewed by Gimly 5 / 10

I went in expecting mumblecore, but got more

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 more than one occasion, there's also a story in _The Art of Self-Defense_ as well, which I was not expecting. Now I still didn't think it was very good, and I definitely didn't think it was very funny, but my very low expectations were exceeded, so in the end I'm actually moderately happy with this one. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
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