'Aggro Dr1ft' Is Built on AI and Video Games--Shouldn't the Movie Be More Fun?

Sometime in the late 1990s, filmmaker Harmony Korine undertook a project that, in many ways, still defines his artistic ambition. The abandoned documentary Fight Harm saw Korine trawling the streets of New York City, instigating brawls with random passersby. There were rules: Korine could only egg on people bigger than him, and he could never throw the first punch. It's a posture he has been perfecting throughout his career: a provocateur who is also on the defensive, an instigator who can roll over and play victim. Here is a guy who literally begs to get punched in the face.