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The Art of Self-Defense
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy deadpan social satire, unsettling male subcultures, and understated stories about identity transformed through absurd violence.
- Tone
- darkly comic, satirical, eerie
- Payoff
- amusement, unease
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- masculinity, violence, belonging, authority, gender inequality
- Setting
- contemporary, ordinary city and clandestine martial-arts dojo
Content dimensions
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