Chocolate

Set in Bangkok, it's a heart-warming tale of a young special-needs girl who teams up with her happy-go-lucky friend to raise the money to pay for her mother's cancer treatments.

As two elections grind on, it's somewhat appropriate that the above description is completely true. But it doesn't tell the whole story.

• The mother, Zin, was involved with Thai organized crime and has made many enemies.
  
• The daughter has made up for her stunted intellectual growth by developing her physical abilities dar beyond the norm.
  

"Chocolate" is a true popcorn movie, a fast-paced chain of muay thai kick-boxing set pieces by #
Prachya Pinkaew, the same director who did "Ong-Bak". It's the closing night film for this year's Midnight Madness programme and a fine way to close out the 2008 edition.

Unbelievably silly and highly recommended. I don't believe that it has distribution yet, but that is likely to come. I saw it at an afternoon screening and the audience roared and cheered with every foot to a groin or kneecap to ahead.

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