Enjoyable thriller.
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10/29/08
Chocolate (2009)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:23
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Chocolate is a bizarre martial arts flick, with a slushy plot, an unusual protagonist, and breathtaking stunts.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: JeeJa Yanin, Ammara Siripong, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Reviews for Chocolate
The heart of the film may be its action sequences but, even outside the battle arena, ‘Chocolate’ is a nicely characterised and consistently likeable piece of work.
10/24/08
Top CriticAnother symphony of exquisitely choreographed carnage.
10/24/08
Top CriticIs it radical or offensive? I really don't know. It certainly got my attention.
10/24/08
Top CriticDon’t bother looking for wires and safety nets because there aren’t any. As the end credits show in wince-making detail, all the performers genuinely suffer for their art.
10/24/08
It’s likely to be drooled over by fans of the genre and no doubt enthused about by Quentin Tarantino. But if kung fu ain’t your thing, this won’t convert you.
10/24/08
Unfortunately, the martial arts action is only half the movie – the rest is badly acted and gory.
10/24/08
A bizarre, often tasteless, but never dull Thai martial arts movie.
10/24/08
The slightly slushy plot is really an excuse to catch your breath between the action sequences, which are fast, loud and crammed with references that only Bruce Lee fans will properly appreciate.
10/24/08
The director makes sure we know that it all proves how people with special needs can triumph.
10/24/08
Yes, it's extremely choppy and not terribly well-developed, with characters appearing and disappearing at random. But the fights are so impressive that we can't help but be thoroughly entertained.
10/24/08
JeeJa Yanin is a sensational discovery but this mixed assortment of high kicks and even higher melodrama may be an imperfect vehicle for her.
10/20/08
Top CriticUltimately there isn't much of a movie here, just a series of great-looking and expertly filmed showdowns that are worth the price of a rental
05/03/09
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04/23/09
Anyone knows we all come here just to see the girl kick serious behind. At least she does just that, and after a while Chocolate mainly and plainly feels like the exhibition that it is.
04/08/09
It's called Chocolate, but Cheese would have been just as good. Soaked with tears, full of schmaltz, and yet strewn with bodies, Prachya Pinkaew's new kick-'em-up is extreme action, extreme melodrama, and extremely hard to resist.
03/12/09
Chocolate (Chokgohlaet) offers sensational martial arts set pieces -- beautifully choreographed, exquisitely colored, and acrobatically shot.
03/08/09
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02/27/09
Vimistananda is nothing less than an awe-inspiring force of nature.
02/26/09
A sweet treat for martial arts movie buffs despite lightly bitter flaws.
02/18/09
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