Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Seth_Rogue_One Read a couple reviews here ranting about how great it was, but I really don't see it.The plot is really poor, the acting below average and not even the fighting was impressive.The first 15 minutes were also rather confusing where I found myself not knowing what was going on, after that I did get the hang of it though but yeah I really didn't like it at all and found myself bored a lot, which is pretty impressive for a action-movie that only is about 82 minutes long without the credits.If you want to watch a entertaining martial arts flick that you might not have heard about instead why not go with 'Legendary Assassin' AKA 'Long Na' from 2008. It doesn't have that much food for thought either but at least it entertains and got some wicked buttkicking.

GiricNS So I was over at my friend's house one weekend and we were watching a bunch of crappy movies, and on one of the DVDs -can't remember which title it was, but it was released by Magnolia Pictures and Magnet- there was this trailer that caught my attention. The basic story was about this ass-kicking Asian girl who was getting her revenge on a bunch of people who wronged her, or so I thought...I really couldn't remember because I was mesmerized by this hot little Asian girl who was kicking some major ass in the trailer. I didn't really pay much attention to the name of the movie, but I remembered thinking "Man...I really want to see that movie" and then I promptly forgot about it until a few weeks later. My friend and I were out at chain DVD and Blu-ray store that specializes in selling mostly used product that other people trade in -betcha can't guess which one I'm talking about-. So anyway, there we we're checking out their selection of used Blus and I suddenly remembered that trailer, but as I said before, I didn't remember the name. He couldn't remember either, but not to worry, he breaks out his smart phone and he does a Google search for recent martial arts flicks with female stars and he finds a trailer for a movie call Chocolate -not to be confused with that chick flick Chocolat starring the very popular Johnny Depp-. He shows me said trailer and asks if that was the movie I was thinking of...and it was. So we checked to see if this place has it, and not too surprisingly they don't. But another nearby BIG BOX store, whose employees wear blue Polo style shirts and khaki pants, did. So we rushed right over and bought it.So what exactly is this movie called Chocolate about? My original interpretation of the trailer was only partially correct...she is a hot Asian chick and she kicks a ton of ass in it. However the revenge aspect was off. The actual plot is simple: real-life, human anime looking Yakuza man and hot Thai dragon lady crime lieutenant fall in love, but both of their organizations kinda hate the fact that they are together. So they split up and go their separate ways, but not before she ends up pregnant. She decides to leave her life of crime behind and raise their autistic offspring -dragon lady smoked a lot and this of course caused some defects- on her own. She gets a normal job at a restaurant and somehow adopts a homeless boy who gets picked on by all the local bullies because he's fat and has bad acne. As our heroine Zen grows up -eventually into Jeeja-, she watches the young, neighbor boys practicing the deadly martial art Muay Thai in the courtyard of the housing complex her family lives in, and she starts mimicking their moves. She also loves watching old Tony Jaa movies and playing martial arts fighting games. Flash forward a few years and both she and her adopted brother Moom are in their mid teens and he's hustling for money on the streets by taking advantage of Zen's incredible speed, agility, and talent of catching balls flying at her head.So as it turns out, all those years of smoking have caught up with the hot Thai dragon lady and she gets cancer. But alas they are very poor and cannot afford treatment. So one night while Zen is playing video games, Moom finds the dragon lady's old collections book from back when she was still a mafioso, and he opens it and sees that a whole bunch of people owe her some serious cash. So he and Zen go visit these people to ask if they can pay their debts to the dragon lady so they can use the money for her cancer treatment and much high jinx ensues. Basically all of those years of studying Muay Thai from afar pays off and Zen goes on a rampage to get "Mommy Money." So why is the movie called Chocolate? Well the only thing I can figure is that Zen loves these little M&M type candies a whole bunch. Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine. The plot of the film may come off as pretty weak, but trust me, it is well worth your time to watch...if nothing else than to watch the lovely Jeeja Yanin kick some ass!

kosmasp Don't confuse this movie with the one Johnny Depp did (same title). It is a completely different beast. If Ong Bak does ring a bell with you and/or you are a martial arts fan, than you will love this movie. Spectacular fight scenes, great choreography and overall some very crazy stunts to be seen in this one.The story might not be the weakest in a movie of this kind too. I thought it served its purpose, nothing more, nothing less. The main actress really nailed it and if you watch the "outtakes" after/during the credits then you will know they actually did those things "for real" (well as real as humanly possible, with no regard to their own safety or health that is). Highly recommended

chicagopoetry There is so much politically wrong with the premise of this film, a young autistic girl picks up kungfu moves by watching martial arts films and then goes on a rampage against those who owe her mother (who is dying of cancer) money, especially toward the end when she takes on a mentally and physically impaired boy with equal fighting skills. Yet, everything is right about this action packed slug fest too. I don't know what more one can expect from the genre. We aren't handed just a few short fight scenes among a bunch of talk (but of course, I saw the 90 minute version, not the 110 minute version), but, instead, we are delighted to enjoy one outrageous fight scene after another, from the ice factory to the meat packing factory, as our young teenage hero turns out to be a real kungfu terminator relentlessly continuing after her prey no matter the odds. It's funny but it's not played for laughs. Chocolate (I guess it's named that because our hero likes to eat M&Ms) is simply a perfect kungfu film. It makes no excuses for its excessive violence and it even brags about what it's done at the end with some outtakes demonstrating how the stuntmen actually got injured during the filming. I like films that don't believe they can't do what they want to do. Horror films these days are afraid to be horrific. Kunfu films are afraid to kick ass. But not since the original Ong Bak has there been an addition to the genre this exciting. Ten stars for sure.