Chocolate

3-7-2017

Jackie Chan: check.

Except not Jackie Chan -- a girl: check.

Except, a teenage girl: check.

Except a half Thai, half Japanese teenage girl: check.

Except an autistic half Thai, half Japanese teenage girl: check.

Learn Kung Fu watching TV: first Leeloo, now Chocolate.

Awakenings Fu: A la Bob De Niro.

Death to flying things: Musashi-surpassing.

Coffee table Fu, Pallet Fu, Ice Fu: Check.

Knife Fu, Cleaver Fu, Fly Fu, Flyswatter Fu: Check.

Toe Fu: Sorry, I had to do it.

Tatami Fu, Shoji Fu, Scabbard Fu: Check.

CGI: none that I could detect.

Stunts, Choreography, Camera work, Darkroom work: Afaik, that's all they used.

Stupefyingly good final chase/revenge scene: Worthy of Harold Lloyd or Mack Sennett.

This is the best Kung Fu flick I've seen in years. It may be the best Kung Fu flick I've seen since the 70s. It may be the best I've ever seen.

Check it out.