Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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

Leofwine_draca CHOCOLATE is the latest offering to come from Thailand's top action directors: the same guys who brought us ONG BAK and WARRIOR KING. This film changes the mould slightly, with the shift from Tony Jaa to a new female lead actress, Jeeja Yanin, who seems just as skilled as Jaa to me. Otherwise it's business as usual, as our heroine takes on multiple bad guys in huge, brawling action set-pieces that get progressively more elaborate and more exciting as the story goes on. As for the story, it's a little more believable than in the other films, and the idea of having the main actress playing an autistic character is a brave one that ultimately pays off.However, this is a film all about the action and strictly one for the action fans. The first half hour makes for slow build up, with plenty of the melodrama you expect from these productions. Then we hit the first set-piece, a simple battle in an ice factory. This recalls THE BIG BOSS and is quite good, although Yanin's moves seem deceptively simple. The second time – a battle in a warehouse – and it's much better, with great style and great stunts. Yanin proves athletic and powerful and does some seemingly impossible stuff. The third set-piece is inside a butcher's, and is the best yet, with great use made of props – painful spikes, cleavers and all manner of implements ready to impale the unwary. By this time, so much emphasis has been made of the action, we're almost at the climax, which lasts for an incredible half an hour. It starts off with a rerun of WARRIOR KING's one-against-many showdown, as Yanin tackles loads of thugs, before moving into swordplay and some bloody deaths. All that's left is the lead villain to deal with – and I was ready for the film to be over; I'd already marked it 4 out of 5 in my head. Pretty good, if short.How mistaken I was. We have another full ten minutes out of this and it's the best part of the film – indeed the best part of any Thai film I've seen. Full of originality, this is yet another set-piece, set up in the air as Yanin tackles the bad guys on the outside of a building! It's an elaborate set that Jackie Chan would be proud of, as characters jump from sign to sign, get thrown through glass or just fall painfully to the ground. The hard-hitting stunts are powerful beyond belief and I had to immediately rewind this bit to watch it again – and I still can't get enough of it. What a brilliant ending! It makes the film and is something I'll come back to time and time again, even if I do end up fast-forwarding through the non-action stuff (not that I would really do that). CHOCOLATE is a great film and I hope we get more like this soon.

natcarr-74-27114 I enjoyed this movie a lot. The somewhat far fetched but very entertaining plot is about an autistic teenage girl who sets out to collect the debts owed to her mother from her unsavoury former associates. The numerous fight scenes are imaginative and spectacular, especially the last climatic battle which is fought high above the crowded streets with combatants falling from on ledge to ledge with bone clattering force. OUCH! There is also a tip of the hat to Kill Bill that had me rushing to this website to check on who was paying homage to who! You'll recognise the scene when you get to it. There are a few odd bits that don't make a lot of sense, but if you want gritty realism you've come to the wrong genre. This is an oriental martial arts movie after all.Finally, I urge you to stay for the credits. The Director has packed it with out-takes from the fights and it's seriously hardcore. You'll be filled with awe and respect for the brave and talented actors. I was wincing in sympathy and thinking "Awwww that's gotta hurt!"

buddhacody Maybe I let the hype affect me, but this movie is nowhere as good as it sounds. The main girl toe-kicks her way through about a hundred people. Yawn. She threw probably 6 punches in the entire movie, very few knees, hardly any elbows. It's hard to make a 90-pound girl's punches look powerful, which is why films usually have a fighter girl use a ridiculous amount of kicks in an effort to authenticate her supposed ass-kicking ability. Well, this film does exactly that. It just about put me to sleep. The part where she starts imitating Bruce Lee was so embarrassing for me to watch that I almost turned it off.The best part (read: only memorable part) was the fight out on all the high-rise architecture, that was outstanding. Everything else was like watching Olympic Tae Kwon Do. You could do a lot better than this.

lrosen621 Without divulging the plot or the ending, I want to share my thoughts about Jeeja Yanin, so that people will know what they are getting. Her father died when she was young, 11 or 12, and given that she was a gold medalist in Tae Kwon Do as a child who had achieved 3rd level Dan, (equivalent to Black Belt) she helped support her mother and brother by becoming an instructor of TKD at age 14. She auditioned at age 18 for a small part in Born To Fight, and was noticed by filmmaker Prachya Pinkaew, and action stunt trainer Panna Rittikrai, when they decided she was special enough to make an entire film for. This girl quit University studies and trained for this film for four years. She trained under Rittikrai, the mentor of Tony Jaa, and Jaa himself. She trained for 2 years in preparation and 2 years while making the film. She also studied the symptoms and behavior of autistic children, staying with them and working with them, and reading up on everything she could in available literature and film on the subject, including Rain Man, etc. In addition to this, she had to overcome fear of heights (you'll see why) and subjected herself to constant injury, including life risking stunts. Watch the movie and enjoy her spectacular debut, and remember that you were there when a star was born. Enjoy the fact that she is a very special person, who put heart and soul into making the movie.