A Glean movie pick

The Art of Self-Defense

Name: The Art of Self-Defense
Director: Riley Stearns
Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2019-07-12
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada, David Zellner

2019
1h 44m
Comedy
Thriller
Drama
★ 6.6

Directed by Riley Stearns

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The story

About The Art of Self-Defense

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.

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