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Chocolate 2008 [ช็อคโกแลต] - (Makes Kill Bill look like Pokemon)

from the Director and Action choreographer of

Ong Bak

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/3980/posterse0.jpg

CHOCOLATE

ช็อคโกแลต

Spoiler for Synopsis:

In Thailand, in the year 2008, the knives are taking over.A young autistic woman named Zen (Yanin Vismistananda) has developed uncanny martial arts skills by watching television, and from living next door to a Muay Thai academy.The girl is the daughter of Zin (Ammara Siripong), the Thai wife of Yakuza boss Masashi (Hiroshi Abe).

Zin was previously the girlfriend of Thai gangster No. 8 (Pongpat Wachirabunjong), who was jealous of her relationship with rival gangster Masashi. After Zin chose Masashi, he shot his own toe and forbids Zin from ever seeing him again. Zin asks Masashi to go back to Japan as they would not be able to be together safely. He begrudgingly leaves.

Soon after Zin finds herself pregnant and moves into a new place to get away from No. 8. She has a daughter that she names Zen. Soon it is discovered that Zen suffers from Autism and will need special care. As Zen gets older, one day Zin decides to tell Masashi about his daughter by writing him a letter. No. 8 finds out that Zin is in contact with Masashi and is furious. He visits Zin and cuts off one of Zin's toes, to remind her she is forbidden from seeing Masashi. Zin is forced to move again to a house shared by a Muay Thai kickboxing school. Zen becomes infatuated with martial arts and begins to self-teach herself by mimicking the moves she sees as well as what she watches on television. One day when coming home from work Zin sees a poor little boy being picked on in the streets named Muum. Feeling sorry for his plight she takes him in. It is shown that Zen has uncanny reflexes and is able to catch balls thrown without even looking.

Zin then falls ill with cancer, and does not have the money to pay for treatments. Zen and Muum attempt to make money to pay for these treatments by having people throw balls at her as a street performer. Unfortunately they are not able to earn enough to keep up with the treatments. One day, Muum discovers a list of debtors in an old notebook, from the days when Zin was a high-interest moneylender under No. 8. In order to get money to pay for her mother's cancer treatment, Zen and Muum decide to collect on the debts, which leads to confrontations with various criminal gangs and, eventually, No. 8.

Official Site :

http://www.chocolate-movie.com

Quote:

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makes kill bill looks likepokemon, it was filming style and directing that made kill bill awsome, not just the martial arts =P this doesn't even get near the kill bill style, lol

either way nice martial arts, however second one in the same fighting style and director, there was another in general chat as well being released Ong Bak 2, might watch it for the martial arts but having multiple movies in the same style release all together is not a smart move

Actually the film's been out for a good 6 months already. It was a nice movie to say the least and i enjoyed it for what it was, an action packed martial arts flick :D

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Originally Posted by brocko (Post 1894391)

Actually the film's been out for a good 6 months already.

Its getting a N.American release this month ^o^

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* Canada : September 2008 (Toronto Film Festival)

* USA : September 2008 (Fantastic Fest, Austin)

its pretty good. the plot isn't the best (but i really doubt anyone cares bout that), but the action is great.

The actress Yanin Vismistananda is really cute I esp liked her with curly hair before she cute her locks . The chibi version of Zen is super adorable , but Zen's dad was an ahole to leave to Jp

It looks good. It might be worth watching. The fact they really perform those dangerous scenes is the best thing about it.

The trailer is just a teaser when it comes to mind blowing action. The ending is reminiscent of Kill bill but simply spectacular considering acrobatics and fights gone into making it. This also reminded me a lot of JChan movies regarding stunts kudos to stunt team .

My boyfriend has this movie on DVD which we watched together not too long ago :)

I thought it was ever so good, and is the first Thai live action movie I've ever seen :)

I'll still take Kill Bill over this movie any day. This movie had some great action, no doubt, but not much more than that. Kill Bill had action, style, and just awesome characters and music. Or maybe I'm just to big of a Quentin Tarantino Fan.

Bloody doesn't mean it's good. it just means it has lots of killing. Kill Bill was better because it had style, flair, and attitude that this one seems to be lacking.

Martial Arts = Good ^^

I'll watch it just cause of that.

hmmmmm looking at the trailer this is deliciously good

i cant w8 to get a DVD

Looks good. I feel bad for loling for some reason at the injuries part, guess it was the placement in the video.