Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

ma-cortes This is an unstoppable action movie plenty of violent fights , thrills and emotion . Over-the-top Chop-Socky in which wild fighting scenes provide an overwhelming view of JeeJa Yanin's skills . Colourful , Bangkok-set , well budgeted , leave no cliché untouched , but fights are perfectly staged . This is a Martial Arts action as never seen before in which an autistic girl called Zen (Yanin) with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother (Ammara)'s debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money . She watches the neighbours next door and Muay Thai films , absorbing every martial technique . As young Zen and Mangmoom watch a picture , it results to be : Ong-Bak: Muay Thai warrior , among other movies . Furthermore , Zen also watches Thai Dragon . Later on , her father (Hiroshi Abe) , a Japanese gangster , returns Thailand seeking vengeance against a Thai mobster .This violent Chop-Socky displays action-packed , thrills , fast-paced and wild fighting images . It is a thrilling , action-filled and violent film , being filmed in Thailand . Breathtaking combats filled with bounds and leaps , Knock-outs , punches , kicks . Actors made their owns stunts ; some of the players got injured and to had to be hospitalized during the shooting . Impressive fights and embarrassing acting , the whole thing was spectacularly shot . Overwhelming final duel in Bruce Lee's Game of death and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill style . This thrilling film has various homages to Bruce Lee , Jackie Chan and two films starred by Tony Jaa and were also directed by Prachya Pinkaew . The film originally included Zen watching scenes from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies , but these scenes were eventually cut due to licensing problems ; these licensing problems also caused other scenes to be removed from the original movie . The ice factory scene was originally shot as a split screen of Zen imitating the exact same moves she had seen Bruce Lee do in a fight scene from the movie Fists of Fury or Big Boss. The motion picture was well directed by Prachya Pinkaew who is President of Thai Film Directors' Association . Pinkaew is an expert filmmaker on art martial movies , being mostly starred by his fetish actor Tony Jaa , such as 2012 The Protector 2 , 2011 The Kick , 2011 Elephant White , 2008 Chocolate , 2005 Thai Dragon , an the successful 2003 Ong-Bak: the warrior Muay Thai .

Abyss47 JeeJa Yanin makes for one of the strongest and most believable heroines I've seen in an action film in a long, long time. On top of having screen presence and natural acting ability, she can kick some major ass without even breaking a sweat. Case in point."Chocolate" is full of dazzling fight sequences that are as brutal and hard-hitting as they are well choreographed and coherent. They get more and more creative as the film goes on before reaching a chaotic climax that takes full advantage of the actors' physical abilities.The story is a dramatic one, dealing with Zen's (JeeJa Yanin) quest to get the money that is owed to her family by various gangs in order to pay for her dying mother's hospital bills. Zen has a problem of her own. She is autistic and emotionally unstable. She is able to use this to her advantage, though, as her reflexes are incredibly precise and more advanced than the average person's. She spends some of her time watching martial arts movies, and she's able to pick up on the various moves she sees in the film, which carries into her own move set.I haven't read too deeply into the issue of autism, but the film seemed to treat it with care and respect; nothing came off as laughable.The film's photography has a washed out look that I wasn't necessarily the biggest fan of, but I suppose it works in the long run, given the film's moody subject matter and melodrama.Another thing I liked about the film was the severe lack of slapstick and goofy humor. I've seen to many martial arts films that are full of this sort of thing, and it usually comes off as more annoying than funny.Director Prachya Pinkaew also made such martial arts flicks as Ong-bak and The Protector, which are somewhat modern classics in the Asian film community. I haven't seen them yet, but if they're as well put together as Chocolate, I see no reason why I would dislike them.Despite the film's many strengths, it was hard for me to find it amazing. It's probably because I've already seen movies like this and was expecting something truly groundbreaking for the genre. Either way, it works.JeeJa Yanin is undoubtedly the film's greatest assets, and it'll be interesting to see what future projects she takes on. Hopefully they take full advantage of her talents more often than not. Seeing her fight, I was reminded of past female martial arts experts such as Yukari Oshima (My personal favorite) and Moon Lee. She even has a similar look to these women. So it's great to see a somewhat younger version of them living up to their legacy.Well, fans of the director's other work and martial arts films in general should give this a look, if only to witness a fresh new talent with a bright future ahead of her.

bob the moo I'm not a massive fan of martial arts but I do like a good fun film that can draw gasps from me. I had been more than slightly disappointed with the overly serious films that Tony Yaa seems to have been making and I let this film pass me by. Five years down the line I decided to check it out as there was not much else on and I was glad I did. The basic plot sees the autistic daughter of a former gangster learning martial arts from watching movements of others from her window and starting to replicate them. When her mother falls sick, they discover that she is owed a lot of money from her past life and Moon and the impossibly skilled Zen set out to collect.The plot is nonsense (and if you think about the consequences, pretty counterproductive in the end) but what it does do is set up fight sequences as the collections increasingly go sour and Zin's old gang starts to push back. The narrative makes no real sense and ends in a most unsatisfying manner but really neither of these things matter because we are here for the action and it happily delivers consistently. The fight sequences are very well choreographed and are full of great moves. The design of the sequences is great with the side of a building, a meat factory or just a street all being made very good use of with things that serve as both references but also stand as their own.Yanin is great in this regard, her physical abilities are impressive and even the simple moves work really well. I do wish she wouldn't make quite as much squealing noises while she fights but you soon forget that. A good handful of places I gasped at what she did and many more times I winced at the brutality of the move. Unfortunately she is not quite as good at acting, although here it is hard to tell since her autistic character doesn't have much to work with on that front. As ever the customary chubby sidekick is quite dull while the supporting characters are mostly stuntmen rather than actors (which is fine). Siripong is a stunning presence in the role as the mother. The direction and editing is a powerful part of the film – the edits are well selected and not overly used, we get to see sequences play out which only serves to make them more impressive.Chocolate is a great martial arts film even if it doesn't really have much of a plot or characters to speak of. The choreography is great and the moves put on by Yanin are consistently impressive.

natcarr-74-27114 I enjoyed this movie a lot. The somewhat far fetched but very entertaining plot is about an autistic teenage girl who sets out to collect the debts owed to her mother from her unsavoury former associates. The numerous fight scenes are imaginative and spectacular, especially the last climatic battle which is fought high above the crowded streets with combatants falling from on ledge to ledge with bone clattering force. OUCH! There is also a tip of the hat to Kill Bill that had me rushing to this website to check on who was paying homage to who! You'll recognise the scene when you get to it. There are a few odd bits that don't make a lot of sense, but if you want gritty realism you've come to the wrong genre. This is an oriental martial arts movie after all.Finally, I urge you to stay for the credits. The Director has packed it with out-takes from the fights and it's seriously hardcore. You'll be filled with awe and respect for the brave and talented actors. I was wincing in sympathy and thinking "Awwww that's gotta hurt!"