Ammara Siripong, Hiroshi Abe, JeeJa Yanin

Zen, a girl born from an affair between two members of rival crime syndicates, lives in recluse with her mother. She learns how to fight by absorbing martial arts skills from what she sees on TV and ...( read more  read more... )from the Muay Thai boxing school next to her home. When Zen's mother falls ill she sets out on an ambitious quest to settle the debts still owed from her mother's gangster days, which leads her to confrontations with dangerous criminals, as well as an unexpected encounter with her father. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew known for his hit films Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong (The Protector) starring Tony Jaa.

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew

Release Date: February 6, 2008

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DVD Release Date: February 10, 2009

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  • July 5, 2009
    Ong-Bak meets Rain Man in a martial arts action film about a young autistic girl. Chocolate is a film most will watch for the action, and it doesn't disappoint. Plenty of furious and frantic set pieces choreographed and executed in ways Hollywood could only dream of. The end cred...( read more)its show just how dangerous it is for these stunt artists. The fight scenes also range in their emotional impact. Some are funny with a bit of slapstick thrown in. Some are endearing and warm you to the protagonist, and some are all out serious. With an autistic girl and a dying mother in a forbidden relationship it would have been easy to overplay the melodrama. Luckily the relationships simply make it easier to be more involved with the fights. The final fight involving a narrow alleyway and sign jumping is wonderfully brought to life. It's a great experience even if the Ong-Bak plugs become fairly groan worthy.
  • May 5, 2009
    Trailer: She's a special needs girl...with a special need...to kick some ass.

    From the creators of the entertaining Tony Jaa films, Ong-Bak and The Protector, comes a martial arts flick that focuses on a young autistic girl who literally learns how to fight using those previousl...( read more)y mentioned films. Despite a lengthy first act, once this film gets going, it works at delivering some action.

    The plot involving this girl involves rival gang members, an affair, and the resulting child. Years later, money is owed, the daughter discovers ability to fight, gets money back the hard way. That's about it, yet the movie tries hard to make the plot work.

    The action is what matters and its a lot of fun to watch. I enjoyed Zen, the lead girl quite a bit as well.

    Zen: Mom's Money! Mom is in hospital!
  • February 13, 2009
    Surprising film from the Ong Bak crew about mentally handicapped girl that learns how to fight and decides to use it to help her mother. While it is ultimately a silly fight film, the emotion and compassion for humanity between the mom and daughter ran true for me. Not somethin...( read more)g you normally see in a film like this.
  • August 30, 2008
    For such a cool premise, the film is short in delivering enough radness. Mind you, there are some good sequences here and there, and those crazy thai stuntmen were pretty much killing themselves in several scenes, but some fights look clumsy and awkard, and i blame the director f...( read more)or that. One would think that the guy who directed Ong Bak would already know how to shoot proper action sequences by now.

    It's not a complete waste mind you, just not the knee/kick-fest that it could have been. The girl has potential, and it's good to see new female blood in the action genre. But she still needs more training, right now she's more of an acrobat than a fighter. She also needs a better movie.
  • June 23, 2008
    Great fight scenes. Final battle just kept on going. It was just like watching a VG; "level complete, let's see who the next boss is..." Battle on side of building was fun. The story however was lame. made worse since the version I saw had horrible subtitles.
  • November 11, 2009
    While it's built much in the same way as Ong Bak and The Protector, Chocolate's more emotionally driven story actually sets a nice contrast with the films brutal and exhilarating fight sequences, the beatdowns given by the pupil of the Tony Jaa school of asskicking, newcomer Jeej...( read more)a Yanin, the film provides a solid middle ground that makes Chocolate Prachya Pinkaew's best film yet.
  • November 8, 2009
    The action set pieces are what you expect frankly. Nothing new here.
  • October 31, 2009
    L'histoire sort de l'ordinaire mais question réalisation, Prachya Pinkaew a déjà fait mieux, et puis le coup de l'acolyte obèse et légèrement simplet c'était pas obligé. Le film vaut surtout pour les combats et la jeune héroïne aussi à l'aise dans les arts martiaux (surtout les d...( read more)erniers combats) que dans les scènes intimistes, peut-être la nouvelle Michelle Yeoh !
  • October 18, 2009
    This movie was 4 years in the making. The young girl took 2 years to prepare for it. It is absolutely incredible. Watch it!
  • October 6, 2009
    stick with the movie, sometimes leaves you but inspring for a handicap child

Critic Reviews


February 3, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The finale is an extended tour de force equal parts Bruce Lee, Tony Jaa, and Donkey Kong. full review

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  • AlexShine247
    June 24, 2008
    Well love to watch this kind of action ! Seems like one bauk 2 .Love this actress in her move abd psycho act .... Damm i love Thai girl !!

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