The Art of Self-Defense (2019) on Netflix
R20191h 44mActionComedyCrimeDramaMysteryThriller
After men on motorcycles beat him unconscious, timid accountant Casey joins a neighborhood karate dojo to learn self-defense. Its charismatic Sensei and brown belt Anna show him the dojo's rules.
- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb6.6/1044,216 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes84%
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Plot summary
Casey is a timid accountant who lives alone with his dachshund and eats his lunch by himself. Walking home with dog food one night, he is chased and beaten unconscious by men on motorcycles. Frightened, he considers buying a handgun, but the store explains the paperwork and the wait involved. Instead he walks into a neighborhood karate dojo run by a man everyone calls Sensei, who teaches that guns are for the weak. Casey starts as a white belt, spars with a student named Kennith and befriends another named Henry, and meets Anna, the dojo's only female member. When Casey tells Sensei he wants to become the thing that frightens him, Sensei invites him to the dojo's night classes.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Imogen Poots replaced Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the cast, joining Jesse Eisenberg and Alessandro Nivola in the film when the three were announced in September 2017.
