Art of Self-Defense, The

After a milquetoast, reserved, nerdy accountant (Jesse Eisenberg) survives a savage beating one night at the hands of helmet-wearing motorcycle riders while buying dog food for his dachshund in this dark, intense, unexpected, painful, well-cast, humor-punctuated, violent, 104-minute psychological satire, he joins other students (Imogen Poots, Steve Tarada, Phillip Andre Botello, et al.) and signs up for karate lessons at a dojo run by a charismatic, calculating, driven, masculinity-preaching sensei (Alessandro Nivola) with unintended consequences.
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