Chocolate

Chocolate

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Chocolate

Ammara Siripong, Hiroshi Abe, JeeJa Yanin, Pongpat Wachirabunjong

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 f...( read more  read more... )rom 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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  • December 12, 2009
    Its a kung fu movie, with a good idea behind it. The leading woman is an autistic girl with a knack for beating down everyone who owes her mum money. Original and highly recommended.
  • 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.
  • December 30, 2009
    It really had great potential and nonetheless it failed on a couple of aspects and there where good fight scenes but there where bad ones too even that some sequences are awesome and yes it is the truth the stuntmen actually could have been killed a couple times!! but it's pretty...( read more) watchable!

    When Zin, former girlfriend of a Thai mob boss, falls for Masashi, a Japanese gangster in Thailand, the boss banishes them: Masashi to Japan, and Zin, with her small daughter Zen, to live next to a martial arts school. Zen is autistic, with uncanny swift reflexes. She watches the students next door and Kung Fu movies, absorbing every technique. She's now a teen, and her mother needs chemotherapy. Zin has taken in a chubby kid, Moom, who watches over Zen. Moom finds a ledger listing business men who owe Zin money; he goes to them one at a time to collect in order to pay for Zin's treatment. Zen, with her martial skills, becomes his enforcer. A showdown with the boss is inevitable.

    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 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.
  • December 21, 2009
    I was literally amazed at what an excellent film this turned out to be. I did not see any advertisement for this film, it was a "What the hell, im kinda bored" moment. It has a followable storyline and is extremely action packed. Definitely a good watch.
  • December 20, 2009
    Average movie, Siripong might be someone to pay attention to, but this film was a start. Took a bit for the action to get going and some of the editing made some of the fights look awkward, but entertaining, just can't live up to having the titles "Ong-Bak" and "The Protector" on...( read more) the cover.
  • December 20, 2009
    This movie rocks! A baby girl is born with autism. As she grows up, she finds her senses have been heightened. She picks up martial arts from watching TV and the Muay Thai school next door to her house. When her mother is dying from cancer and needs money for treatment, Zen and h...( read more)er friend Moom go about collecting money from the nasty gangs that owe her mother.

    The 24 year old Thai female Jeeja Yanin is absolutely amazing. So agile in her fight scenes. She suffered bumps and bruises during filming but boy, she's one tough cookie. The action scenes left me speechless.

    Cool use of images showing another Thai star Tony Jaa. Great to see Japanese actor Abe Hiroshi as a bad ass.

    I look forward to seeing Jeeja's next movie.
  • December 12, 2009
    The problem I had with Ong Bak is present in this too. I felt the story was quite weak. It was like a flimsy porn 'pizza delivery guy' level of pretext to get enough stooges for the protagonist to fight. Although, as with Ong Bak, some of the choreography is exciting and quirky i...( read more)n a very thai way. It's clever enough so that you look past the fact that some of the stooges seem to pause to allow themselves to be punished. This is great for people who just want action and a slightly different take on the 'kung fu' style.

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