If you decide to watch Chocolate (and you should) disregard the film’s incoherent first half-hour. You only need to know this: Zen is a mute teenage girl with an autism-like disorder who spent her childhood watching Bruce Lee movies. When her family is threatened by Yakuza villains, Zen goes ballistic, having gleaned superhuman fighting prowess from all those movies she watched.
Yanin “Jeeja” Vismistananda is a perfect action movie star, and the no-CGI, no wires, no-bullshit fight scenes are breathtaking in their audacity and athletics. These kind of scenes that would be impossible to film in the United States because insurance companies would never sign off on the stunts. If you have a strong stomach, stick around for the post movie blooper-reel of stunts-gone-wrong. Ouch.
Where to watch: Prime Video