Movie: Chocolate

If you're at all interested in martial arts movies, I've got a pretty good one for you: Chocolate. I just watched this last night, and it was awesome. No special effects or fakey stuff, just really amazing moves/stunts, all performed by the actors of course.

Why am I talking about this here? The main character is autistic. Jeeja Yanin, who trained for a total of four years to make this film, portrays a pretty young girl with very limited language, a fear of flies, and savant skills that translate into near super-powers.

Sure, the premise is... unlikely (considering the tendency for autists to have poor coordination), and the movie got cheesy a couple times (like when a second autistic kid with a severe twitch also turned out to be a good fighter), but the story was very interesting and well-performed overall.

Unless you just don't want to see any movie with a lot of fighting, I'd highly recommend renting this one. Here's a trailer. Just a head's up: There's an extremely cheesy line toward the end of this trailer that was not present in the original Thai version. You'll know it when you see it.



This movie was made in Thailand and contains Thai, Japanese, and English in different parts. Overdub voice actors tend to suck, so I suggest using subtitles.