Noma kunjalo umlingani wami uBelén usevele wabhala isibuyekezo sefilimu, nganquma ukwenza eyami ngemva kokubona lo msebenzi omkhulu. Futhi yilokho chocolate, iqondiswa yi-Thai Prachya Pinkaew, idili elingakhathali likaphayinaphu, ukukhahlela kanye ne-vertiginous choreography abathandi bama-movie obuciko bokulwa abangeke baphuthelwe.
Ngesakhiwo esilula kanye nephimbo elimnandi (okuyinto ehlekisayo ngezinye izikhathi), i Pinkaew ilandisa indaba ka Zen, intombazane encane ye-autistic, indodakazi kamama ogulayo onesigebengu esidlule, ofunda ukulwa ngokubuka amafilimu e-TV. Bruce Lee nokubuka abafundi Hewu-thai Bazilolongela phambi kwendlu yabo. Lapho impilo kamama wakhe iba muncu, Zen nomngane wakhe “isidudla” bazama ukuqoqa izikweletu ezindala abazithola zibhalwe phansi ebhukwini lokubhalela kunina.
Ngakho intombazane ethandekayo uhamba uhambo lokuqoqa isikweletu ngasinye, esabalalisa ukukhahlela, izibhakela kanye nobuhlungu obuhlukahlukene kulabo abenqaba ukukhokhela ama-akhawunti abo (okuyikho konke, ngokusobala). Ngale ndlela, chocolate inohlangothi olulodwa: ukhiye phakathi nehora nesigamu ifilimu ehlala njalo izigcawu zokulwa, ezihlelwe ngendlela emangalisayo i-panna rittikrai (umhlanganyeli ovamile we Pinkaew). Umsebenzi we I-Rittikrai, kuhambisana nekhono eliyingqayizivele le Yasnin Vismistandanda (Zen) kanye nalezo zithombe ezilandelanayo ezithwetshulwe ngekhono elikhulu, yenza chocolate ifilimu ethokozelwa ngokugcwele.
Isigcawu sokugcina nge Zen ukulwa nomphathi we-mafia kanye neqembu lakhe lonke lama-lackeys kuma-balconi amancane, ukugxuma nokugxuma kuzimpawu ze-neon, kufanele kuthathe indawo ehloniphekile emlandweni wesinema yezobuciko bokulwa; nokungqubuzana edojo nomdansi wekhefu one-spasmodic tics nakho akusemuva.
Ekupheleni kwefilimu, kanye namakhredithi, kwakungenzeka ukubona isiteji sokuqoshwa (njengoba nje Jackie Chan ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala) futhi kwaboniswa ukuthi ukulandelana kwempi kwakubucayi kangakanani, kuphi hhayi kuphela okungeziwe kodwa futhi i-protagonist (akukho okuphindwe kabili okusetshenziswe kuyo yonke ifilimu) yalimala, kwezinye izimo ngokulaliswa esibhedlela nge.