Chocolate

SETTING: The film takes place in many areas around Thailand.

RATING: R, ACTION.

PLOT: a young Thai female falls for a Japanese fella who is from the wrong side of the line. their evident love brings an autistic child into the world whose special gift will eventually help her mother raise money to fight her mothers cancer.

QUOTE: I don't know any Thai so.......... yeah ...um... no quotes....sorry.

THOUGHTS: I must let you in on a little secret... I am a huge fan of oriental film!! very few have I not liked. Everything from romance and drama to their versions of horror flicks! So this film has become one of my favorites.

SYNOPSIS: This film begins during a tense meeting between the Yakuza and the Thai mafia. No. 8's mistress Zin falls in love for Masashi from the Yakuza and becomes his lover. When No. 8 discovers their affair, he orders Masashi to return to Japan. 9 months later Zin delivers a baby girl named Zen, who after a doctor visit is diagnosed as autistic. Zen is raised watching the students of a martial arts school nearby and Kung Fu movies on television. Zen learns how to fighting styles just by watching, she can mimic the moves perfectly. When Zen becomes a teenager, her friend Moon uses her accurate reflexes to raise money to help pay for the treatment of cancer.
Moon finds a black book with people that owe money to Zin, and he decides to collect the loans with Zen at his side. When their meetings go south Zen is forced to fight in order to get the money out of them. This of course attracts the attention of No.8 who captures Moon to force a meeting with Zin resulting in the.......nah your gonna have to find out all by your lonesome....

CONCLUSION: This is a wonderful film that all should watch, especially if you have a passion for oriental films. The version that I watched had no subtitles and was spoken only in Thai. which is in my eyes isn't such a bad thing. Actions speak louder than words.

MY RATING: I give this film 4 out of 5. Zin learns fighting styles from 2 of the great martial art masters of our time. She watches and learns from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan films. The storyline is more than just kick ass, there is purpose and love from an autistic child.

CINEMA AUTOPSY RATING: 2 OUT OF 5 It is somewhat difficult to believe that Prachya Pinkaew, the director of the breathtaking Muay Thai martial-arts film Ong-bak, is also responsible for this very dodgy film about a girl whose autism somehow gives her special fighting skills.