Chocolate

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'Chocolate' stars newcomer Nicharee "Jeeja" Vismistananda as an autistic girl who learns how to fight both by absorbing her martial arts skills from what she sees on TV and from the Muay thai boxing school next to her home. When she finds a list of debtors in her sick mother's diary, she decides to go collecting. Her quest leads her to confrontations with criminal gangs and also her father, a member of the Japanese mafia.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axf_EXzF_qM[/youtube]

Two points of interest - first, the obvious, it hits on Autism. Second, its a martial arts movie from the same production crew who brought Honor Of The Beast/The Protector - if any of you saw Tony Ja in those you know they don't play; it might look a little cheesy but if its anything close to the same calliber I think I can get over that in a second.

So have any of you looked into this? Thoughts?

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I saw the English trailer a few weeks ago, it looks interesting. Anybody else catch that trailer and it's taglines?

"She's a special needs girl, with a special need to KICK SOME ASS!! !"

"This Valentine's Day, TASTE THE FURY!! !"

Looks good, I might try and see that at some point.

Wow, that is REALLY cheesy and over the top, but maybe interesting. It looks like autism is just used as a gimmick to justify having a super warrior girl, and they don't seem to have been too concerned about accurately depicting the actual abilities of an autistic person, though it's not too far off ([b]aside from turning into an amazing martial artist and going on a rampage, I mean). It just seems maybe a little exploitative. I guess I'd have to see it, though.

This is how Ong Bok and Honor Of The Beast (Tom Yum Goong) were - pretty much porno plot for martial arts, albeit *extremely* good martial arts (compliments of Tony Jaa). Nicharee's style looks very similar, a bit more legwork than elbows from the preview but overall very impressive stuff.

Overall I'd guess the Muay Thai in it is probably more to be excited about than the autism factor but - of course, the autism factor's the red meat issue for us. That and knowing we have some Shaolin girls in here, it might at least have some sort of esoteric accuracy .

Ok, I just had a chance to sit back and watch it at a friend's place. Pretty much everything I figured it would be - in a good way.

One recommendation though, and I just offer it as such, its a good idea to watch The Protector with Tony Jaa - just so you get a feel for the caliber of martial arts that you'll see in Chocolate. Like The Protector the martial arts in this were excellent, its an Asian film so the plot is what it is - less the focus than an aid. The thing that really blows my mind in watching this and The Protector is, even more than strictly the martial arts, just how good the martial artists themselves have to be in order to practically walk right up the front of someone with their kicks and not hurt the other actors who they're fighting against; that has to take a lot of talent on its own.

This looks really good, I wonder if it will be released in britain?

this looks mad cool.

"real injuries", I like that :p