“The Art of Self-Defense” is one of those curious pictures that has a lot of things going for it but never really adds up to much. It clearly is “influenced” by 1999’s seminal “Fight Club” – to use the polite word. Writer/director Casey Davies is looking to say something about the state of modern masculinity, how we’ve entered this strange bullied/bullier dichotomy where men are either strong and malevolent or weak and preyed upon.
The Art of Self-Defense
The Art of Self-Defense
The Art of Self-Defense
“The Art of Self-Defense” is one of those curious pictures that has a lot of things going for it but never really adds up to much. It clearly is “influenced” by 1999’s seminal “Fight Club” – to use the polite word. Writer/director Casey Davies is looking to say something about the state of modern masculinity, how we’ve entered this strange bullied/bullier dichotomy where men are either strong and malevolent or weak and preyed upon.