Prachya Pinkaew’s “Chocolate” or The Most Kick-Ass Film Of The Year?

A few years ago, Prachya Pinkaew directed a little film called Ong-Bak (my review), a film that had cinematic martial arts fans absolutely beside themselves with joy due to its insane stuntwork and bone-crunching action (thanks, in large part, to Tony Jaa).

His follow-up, Tom Yum Goong (my review), wasn’t quite as good as Ong-Bak. But at it’s best, it still conjured up the same thrills that one finds in Jackie Chan’s classic films (i.e., the Police Story series).

And now, he’s back with a new film entitled Chocolate. Pinkaew and Jaa had a falling out awhile back, so the actor handing cinematic beat-downs this time around is Nicharee Vismistananda, and let me tell you—this girl is something else.

Of course, Twitch has more details—as well as the first trailer.

I’ve seen a lot of martial arts films, and so sometimes, I feel like I’ve seen it all before. Not so with Chocolate, no sirree. This film looks, to put it bluntly and literally, absolutely kick-ass. Vismistananda has got some moves, and the stuntwork here looks just as amazing as Ong-Bak‘s.

What’s more, they’ve included some actual bloopers in the trailer (like the ones Jackie Chan always puts at the end of his movies), so you can see exactly what these folks went through—stitches, concussions, broken bones, etc.—just so you can watch an awesome movie.

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• Jan 8, 2008, 8:12am