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Chocolate [DVD] [2008]

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Awesome Female Martial Artist Showcased

on February 28, 2009

Posted by: kiranirise

from Dayton, OH

As a huge fan of Tony Jaa and owner of most of his movies, I was anxious to see this movie as it was also directed by Prachya Pinkaew. I was not disappointed. Yanin Vismitananda, aka Jeeja Yanin, portrays Zen, an autistic girl who learns martial arts by observing the students of the martial arts school next door, watching martial art movies, and playing video games. Ms. Yanin is a breath of fresh air when it comes to martial arts movies in which the main character is a woman. Imagine Jackie Chan as a petite, lithe female and you'll understand as the fight choreography really showcases Ms. Yanin's talents. Ms. Yanin, a Tae Kwon Do practitioner, studied Thai martial arts for two years prior to the making of this movie which took 2 more additional years to produce. As there are no stunt doubles, all the action and injuries are real. In one of the many fight scenes she is challenged by no less than 15 full grown men and eventually knocks them all out using punches, elbows, and various kicks especially the potentially deadly Thai knee kicks. This does not even begin to cover the versatility of this young actress. As Zen is autistic, Ms Yanin has to go from portraying a barely functioning girl to butt-kicking whirlwind in the blink of an eye and back to autistic. In one of the fight scenes, she fights like Bruce Lee in "Enter The Dragon" and "Game of of Death", which shows her comedic side. If there was an Asian version of the Academy Awards, I'd give her one for her acting and one for her martial arts prowess. The supporting cast's acting does leave something to be desired but it makes Ms. Yanin shine even brighter. The DVD extras only include the making of the movie but it shows how some of the scenes were amazingly made, that there were no stunt doubles, how real this movie was produced, and why why it took 4 years to produce "Chocolate".

What's great about it: Fantastic fight choreography showcasing a Jeeja Yanin, a female martial artist of extraordinary skill

What's not so great: Subtitles don't match the English dubbing which is typical for Asian movies

I would recommend this to a friend!

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