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no stunt-double!!
all she do herself!!
From the Director of ONG BAK and TOM YUM GOONG.
Yakuza Masashi and his Thai lover Zin were forced to separate with Masashi being sent back to Japan and Zin to continue staying in Bangkok as a single mother. Brought up single-handedly by Zin, their daughter Zen, is autistic in nature. She is compensated with agility and picks up Muay Thai through watching television programs and from observing the trainings taking place at the Muay Thai academy next door. Zen becomes an obsessive fighter who excels at catching fast-flying objects. When Zin is diagnosed with cancer, Zen has to fight her way through to collect money from her mother's debtors to raise her medical funds.
Release Date: 15 May 2008
Website: http://www.chocolate-movie.com
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Nice trailer. Looks like a cross between the Jacky chan acrobatic-comedy stunts and some bruce lee 'wipe the nose with the thumb' mannuerisms and some good flashy Thai boxing..Good stuff.
Gotta love the catching objects gig. They seemed to have combined all the classical MA movie staples. Formula, but still looks entertaining. Wish my Thai was better.
Edited by FireIce 08 May `08, 7:41PM
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In this part of the world, there's no dearth of male action heroes, you know, those with real martial arts background. Think Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, and closer to home, Tony Jaa. How about a female counterpart? You're likely to struggle hard to name a credible one, Michelle Yeoh notwithstanding. So Thai director Prachya Pinkaew is probably shrewd enough to identify this golden opportunity, and so introduces us to Yanin Vismistananda in her debut feature Chocolate. Continues at http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2008/05/chocolate.html
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Now the stuff more people watches are Mongolian wrestling / Thai kick-boxing and Muay Thai in action movies. Jacky chan stuff old fashion oredi. Notice Chan and Jet Li either now move into western movie market or chinese production action/ war movies which stress more on the story line and how the warriors ought instead of personal action stunts. Gosh they even have to join international actors to make every movie ticket worth the watch.
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