The
Art Of Self Defense 3/10
Full
of spoilers. I watched the movie The Art Of Self Defense on Hulu last
night and it was very meh. It was shot well. Had good acting. The
look and everything was fine. The problem I had with it was that it
felt uneven. It reminded of the movie form Netflix called War Machine
where if it had chose a tone it could've have been really good. But
this movie would go between an oddly violent Napoleon Dynamite and a
goofy Fight Club. If it picked one I would have dug the hell out of
this. I read some people say it is like John Wick and that is silly.
Just because a dog is killed does not make it John Wick. You might as
well compare it to The Thing or Signs. Dogs being killed in movies is
the best way to make someone irredeemable.
This
is about a guy that lives alone with his small dog that gets attacked
one night while getting dog food. After recovering he tries to buy a
gun and ends up in a karate class. The teacher is intense as hell and
helps him get confidence. He starts acting tough at work and learns
to defend himself. He even punches his boss in the throat. He gets in
deeper with the class and is invited to night class where they are
more violent and weirder. The only girl in the class gets treated
like shit. It turns out that the karate class are the ones that
attacked him to get him to join the class and pay. One of the
students kills his dog and gets him a new more “manly” dog. Once
he puts everything together he challenges his sensei to a fight and
shoots him in the head and takes over the class claiming he killed
him with his finger. He then promotes the girl to a black belt and
has his new dog kill the guy. The end. This looked way better from
the trailer.
Jesse
Eisenberg as Casey Davies
Imogen
Poots as Anna
Alessandro
Nivola as Sensei
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