Even for audiences hoping to lose themselves in a procession of martial arts displays, the banality of the story keeps creeping in, distracting, and insisting upon its useless attempts to jerk a tear.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 2, 2023

The filmmaking is often sloppy and filled with awkward performances... But the fights are terrific, tightly choreographed with a good sense of ensemble movement and shot in long takes that showcase the fluidity of the action...

| Apr 8, 2023

The focus is on the fights and, though I am hardly a connoisseur of the genre, I was certainly entertained by the fight sequences.

| Jan 11, 2021

The action scenes are intriguing, starting simply and building up to use dangerous props and treacherous locations.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 28, 2020

I have to confess, however, that the astonishment factor quickly wears thin and that down-and-dirty, no frills Thai action movies can become just as boring to watch as their bloated Hollywood counterparts.

| Nov 15, 2020

Ultimately there isn't much of a movie here, just a series of great-looking and expertly filmed showdowns that are worth the price of a rental

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 3, 2009

Anyone knows we all come here just to see the girl kick serious behind. At least she does just that, and after a while Chocolate mainly and plainly feels like the exhibition that it is.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 8, 2009

It's called Chocolate, but Cheese would have been just as good. Soaked with tears, full of schmaltz, and yet strewn with bodies, Prachya Pinkaew's new kick-'em-up is extreme action, extreme melodrama, and extremely hard to resist.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2009

Chocolate (Chokgohlaet) offers sensational martial arts set pieces -- beautifully choreographed, exquisitely colored, and acrobatically shot.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 8, 2009

Vimistananda is nothing less than an awe-inspiring force of nature.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 26, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 18, 2009

Character development and cogent storytelling are in short supply. Yeah, so?

| Original Score: B- | Feb 13, 2009

At its heart, Chocolate is a simple tale of a special girl trying to make her way in a considerably unspecial world.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 13, 2009

Even if it doesn't make much sense, tugs shamelessly at the heartstrings, and features a heavy with Jennifer Aniston hair, the feature sparks in just the right way, making for a fist-clenching, mouth-agape sit.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 12, 2009

Takes its time to get going, but once the action kicks in, it's mildly engaging with lots of mindless fun, especially for avid fans of martial arts films.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 7, 2009

It boils down to this: Thai girl fighting. Is that enough of a movie for you?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 6, 2009

Chocolate is risibly sentimental even for a genre not known for its emotional sophistication.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 6, 2009

The world may not have needed a Thai-language martial-arts hybrid of Kill Bill and Rain Man, but by God, it's got one now.

Full Review | Feb 3, 2009

The finale is an extended tour de force equal parts Bruce Lee, Tony Jaa, and Donkey Kong.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 3, 2009

Chocolate gives us the first autistic action hero.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 19, 2008