CHOCOLATE (2008) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Prachya Pinkaew
JeeJa Yanin, Pongpat Wachirabunjong,
Hiroshi Abe, Taphon Phopwandee
This was made in Thailand and I watched it without subtitles, so I couldn't tell you everything that's going on. The main character's a young deaf girl whose singular preoccupations are kick boxing and the Thai equivalent of M&Ms. By the time the movie's over, she's wiped the floor with about 300 guys, just like Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill", but without the bright yellow jumpsuit. The kid's good, and as long as she's beating the shit out of people, you really don't need the subtitles. The footage that plays with the end credits suggests that the first-aid unit got plenty of work during the shoot.
