Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Stephen Lindsay-Neale The narrative of this film follows much of the usual conventions of most heartbreak stories, forbidden love, gangsters and money. However the focus of the film then completely shifts to the story of the daughter of this forbidden love, with the introduction of its main character Zen. At birth we see her diagnosed with a brain deficiency that causes her to learn slower than other children, despite this seemingly life altering condition she becomes fueled at the thought of learning martial arts. While watching others practice around her and obsessively watching martial arts movies and learning as much as she can, she becomes ever more the fighting machine. When hard times befall her mother, who is seeking treatment for cancer, Zen and a friend try and get back money they find out she has been owed. Setting out against crooked businessmen she confronts hers fears and spares no punches to get the money to save her mother. This film brilliantly delivers a mix of story and action while at the same time managing to keep the feel of the action authentic, hard hitting, realistic and nothing over the top, as can sometimes be the case with even the best martial arts films. Demonstrating just how painful the stunts are in this film becomes especially obvious toward the end, where a montage of a few of the films more dangerous moments highlights the risks people will go to deliver a great action sequence. As someone who has always been a great fan of martial arts films this one has high praise from me for its uncompromising start from the beginning until the end.

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.

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.