Thursday, August 7, 2008

Chocolate (2008) - KamuiX


Created on July 01st, 2008 by KamuiX

Chocolate review on screamindemon.com

Rating: ★★★★★★★½☆☆

It seems as if Thailand is now the place to go for martial arts films featuring shockingly realistic fighting. This really came to the attention of the world at large with Ong-Bak, a film with fight scenes so intense that the legitimacy of them is still debated today. While I found the fights to be amazing in that film, the story left me rather cold. I really haven’t been back to the genre at all since then, but the premise of Chocolate, the newest film from Ong-Bak director Prachya Pinkaew, really caught my attention. I’m glad I gave this style of film a second chance, because to put it simply, Chocolate kicks ass.

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