Jesse Eisenberg is scared of everything and wants to larn karate in the teaser trailer for The Art of Self-Defense . The dark comedy was written and directed by Faults director Riley Stearns, who put some of his personal martial arts experiences into the movie, which goes on to question masculinity in that civilization. Eisenberg's Casey character finds himself asking a lot of the aforementioned questions that Stearns asked himself when he was starting out with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The Art of Self Defense force is a dark comedy set in the world of karate (Riley Stearns thought that karate would translate better than Jiu-Jitsu). The story centers on Casey ( Jesse Eisenberg ), who is attacked randomly on the street and enlists in a local dojo led past a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), in an endeavor to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence, and hypermasculinity, along with a woman (Imogen Poots) fighting for her identify in information technology. Casey undertakes a journey, both frightening and darkly funny, that will place him squarely in the sights of his enigmatic new mentor.

In The Art of Self Defense force teaser trailer, Jesse Eisenberg's Casey is a frightened character. While at the dojo and asked why he wants to learn karate, Casey says, "I'grand afraid of the dark. I'g afraid of other men." He goes on to say, "They intimidate me. I want to exist what intimidates me." From there, nosotros are sent a agglomeration of disturbing imagery of violence mixed with some very dark humor every bit Casey starts learning how to navigate his new surroundings. From the looks of things, he might have information technology one or two steps too far.

When asked about why he wanted to make The Art of Self Defence, Riley Stearns says he wanted to effort "exploring ideas that mayhap you lot wouldn't think to explore in a martial arts movie." This definitely is not a remake of The Karate Child, that is for sure. Stearns went on to say that the characters are embracing a petty bit of the darkness within themselves as the moving-picture show goes along, which is hinted at heavily in the teaser trailer.

Riley Stearns isn't taking autonomously the world of martial arts either. It's something that he really respects and practices, just he is going deep into what makes that world tick in The Art of Self Defense force. One of Stearns' favorite parts nearly martial arts is that you don't necessarily need to exist the biggest guy on the mat. Stearns says he likes that "the smaller guy could use leverage and technique to beat the bigger guy." The moving picture is all set to premiere at SXSW tomorrow, Lord's day March 10th. Information technology volition then premiere in theaters on June 21st. Yous tin can watch the teaser trailer for The Art of Self Defense below, thanks to the Bleecker Street YouTube channel.