In 2003, the realistic fighting film "Boxer", directed by Thai director Prachia Pinkyao, became a hit with martial arts actor Tony Jia. Two years later, the two collaborated on another "Tom Yin Gong", which once again shocked four people, which not only allowed the latter to successfully enter the North American market, but also established the former's position as a first-line commercial director in Thailand. Prachia, who tasted the sweetness of these two films, came up with the idea of creating a "female Tony Jia", so in 2008, he launched a "Fatal Chocolate" that was called "female boxing" by domestic audiences.
The reason why "Boxer" and "Tom Yin Gong" can play a piece of the sky, in addition to Plachia's certain innovation in the shooting method of martial arts actions, is inseparable from Tony Jia's own "hard kung fu": he began to learn martial arts at the age of ten, proficient in taekwondo, Muay Thai, stick and sword techniques, etc., and in the training process, he has exercised amazing bouncing power: like flying over a car, "stepping on the shoulders" and "serial slalom kicks", etc., are Tony Jia's signature actions in the movie.
And since this "Fatal Chocolate" adheres to the intention and purpose of winning the "female boxing bully", the strength of the protagonist is certainly not (can) be weak, and the female number one Jiejia Yanin is also regarded as a "martial arts wizard" - she learned taekwondo at the age of 11, and won the gold medal and black belt qualification of the Bangkok Junior Taekwondo Competition in only 2 years, the most important thing is that she has a pure and lovely face, this strong sense of contrast, which allows her to stand out from countless auditions. It is said that in order to allow Jeja Yanin to adapt to the high-intensity filming rhythm and play more beautiful moves on the screen, she also underwent four years of Muay Thai and weapons training before the official launch of the film.
Throughout the fight films directed by Plachia, the motives and reasons for triggering the "fight" are mostly uncomplicated - either to retrieve the stolen Buddha's head, or to save the abducted elephant, etc., which has an intuitive but representative symbolic meaning of "spiritual totem". The plot of "Deadly Chocolate" is equally simple, telling the story of Ashan (Jeja Yanin), a young girl who has suffered from autism since childhood, but is extremely sensitive to kung fu, in order to help her cancer-stricken mother to get medical bills and save her kidnapped friend, and fight the whole Thai gang alone.
I believe that no matter how many years, whenever people talk about the above works, I am afraid that they will not care about how their literary drama is performed, but are more willing to "comment on their martial arts": in "Boxing", There is Tony Jia who has defeated many fierce masters in the underground boxing arena and the shocking fight scene in front of the Buddha's head, and "Tom Yin Gong" has played a refreshing 4-minute "long shot of breaking through the barrier".
And this "Deadly Chocolate" wonderful fights also have several, but the author left the deepest impression, is the heroine in the warehouse using lockers and railings to defeat the enemy to win a scene, although this scene obviously borrowed from The Jackie Chan movie, and then the "Tom Yin Gong" in the "Tom Yin Gong" to go back and forth between the obstacles of the action design re-moved out, but thanks to the flexibility and agility of Jeja Yanin, coupled with the film's martial finger on the success of the Asian action film elements of the twist, but also can do the clouds, in one go.
The later budokan melee is undoubtedly a multi-faceted display of Jeja Yanin's skills, and its fighting action combines the traditional kicking and kicking action of taekwondo and the knee and elbow kung fu of Muay Thai, only this time the weapon in Jedya Yanin's hand has been replaced by two sheaths from Tony Jarry's double stick, but in terms of shape and meaning, it will definitely evoke people's memories of "Boxer".
One of the most visually striking fights in the whole film is naturally presented in the finale: in a four- or five-story building, the heroine and the big boss and her men climb high and low on the cascading eaves, climbing and chasing while fighting. Of course, the shocking power of this scene is mainly due to the "dangerous stunts" contributed by the supporting characters and dragon suits - one second the scene of the minions being trampled to the ground has made people nervous, and the next second there is a picture of two villains falling from a high place to the ground. Director Plachia is indeed "not amazing and does not give up".
From the filming tidbits at the end of the film, you can feel the blood and sweat of the entire crew during the filming process: Jiejia Yanin was injured many times in the corner of her eye, and she was accidentally kicked to the bridge of the nose by the supporting opponent... However, what is more difficult is that those "beaten" supporting characters, especially the actors who play the big villain, have to fall from the roof to the eaves and then bounce to the ground, although it has the protection of the Weiya line during the real shooting, and the eaves are not necessarily made of stone, but from the perspective of the falling trajectory and speed, the protective effect of Weiya is almost equal to nothing, and the risk of serious injury is still very large.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the action intensity and overall viewing of "Deadly Chocolate" are not as good as Toni Jai's Muay Thai films, but after all, the protagonists are women, and it is impossible to achieve hormone explosions like male action movies, which is completely understandable. However, compared with the same genre, this film belongs to the middle and upper levels in terms of both the excitement and the actress's playing performance. Interestingly, the heroine in the play was inspired by "Boxing" and "Tom Yin Gong" and began to deal with kung fu, which is a bit of a "consistent" meaning of the previous work. And The howl of Jejay Yanin when she first performed her skills was a tribute to her idol Bruce Lee.
After Jayal Yanin's official debut through this film, she also participated in "Angry Phoenix" and "Kick Out a Piece of Heaven", etc., and in 2013, she cooperated with "Master Brother" Tony Ja in "Tom Yin Gong 2", and has firmly sat in the top position of "Thai Martial Arts Queen". However, most domestic audiences are more familiar with this "Deadly Chocolate", which also shows that in recent years, the explosive power and vitality of Thai action movies have not been as strong as more than a decade ago, and even Tony Ja has shifted the main battlefield of his career. It is reported that her next new film is "Triple Threat" with Ico Uas, Tony Ja, and Scott Arkinson, and hopefully she can "break the siege" from this group of men.