Chocolate (DVD)

Prachya Pinkaew is a director best known for his work on Tony Jaa martial arts vehicles Ong Bak and Warrior King, boasting thrilling action, without much hint of an intelligible plot to speak of. Nevertheless, you action was so utterly bewildering and awesome that you likely didn't really care about the exposition, yet in his latest film, the wildly uneven Chocolate, not enough of that charm really carries over. Revolving around a young autistic woman named Zen, Chocolate sees her and sidekick Muum attempting to collect payment for her mother on a number of payments she is owed by various unsavoury characters. The film is essentially as repetitive as a video ...  Read the complete review

Believe is or not, Chocolate is a martial arts film. From the title you might expect a film that is some sort of terrible fluffy rom-com. In a way it shares many aspects of a terrible rom-com: awful script, poor story and mediocre acting. Therefore, I recommend that you should watch it purely for the martial arts and it will be an enjoyable viewing experience. It is directed by Prachya Pinkaew with martial arts choreography by Panna Rittikrai, the same pair who introduced us to the amazing Muay Thai talents of Tony Jaa in Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong (Warrior King). <<< What is it about? >>> The story begins with a woman called ...  Read the complete review