Chok Dee: The Kickboxer
by Xavier Durringer
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Actor: Bernard Giraudeau, Dida Diafat, Florence Faivre, Lakshantha Abenayake, Sombat MetaneeDirector: Xavier Durringer
Brand: Tai Seng
Writer: Dida Diafat
Writer: Xavier Durringer
Producer: Christian Gerber
Producer: Linda Gutenberg
Writer: Christophe Mordellet
Writer: François Greze
Writer: Véra Belmont
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Thai (Original Language)
Format: Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tai Seng
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DVD Review: Gritty but Real
Summary: 3 Stars
Dida Diafat is not a known name in the United States. He is a French former world champion in Thai Kick boxing, who emigrated to Thailand and became the first non-Thai to win numerous Thai fighting titles. In CHOK DEE, Dida plays himself as Ryan, a former French prison inmate who has learned the rudiments of Thai fighting from an older inmate. Upon his release, Ryan flies to Bangkok to try to enter a school of kick fighting. He is refused entrance since he is a non-Thai. The bulk of the film is how he convinces the school's trainers to enroll him and once having done so, prepare him to fight in competition.
The problem with CHOK DEE is that the director did not know whether to film a KARATE KID with Dida in the Ralph Macchio role, a ROCKY with Dida as Sly, or even KICKBOXER with Dida as Jean Claude Van Damme. The result is a gritty pastiche of all three. That is not necessarily a bad thing either, so long as Dida would have been permitted to take center stage as the focus of action. Instead, they muddled the plot by introducing a number of subplots that worked at cross purposes with an otherwise strong performance by the surprisingly frail looking Dida, who can truly act better than he can fight. In order for a martial artist to resonate with the audience, he needs a worthy opponent. Look at Tong Po, the villainous Thai fighter from KICKBOXER, who pushed JCVD to his limits. In CHOK DEE, Dida's opponents were interchangeable and I had a hard time keeping straight one from the other. What I liked about Dida is that he limited his fighting mostly to the ring where he engaged in sanctioned bouts with rules. Tony Jaa, by contrast, another Thai movie martial artist fought numerous street thugs in a manner that distracted attention from fighting one on one and redirected it, Bruce Lee style, to one on many. Dida has natural dramatic talent and he has a future in film, even if that future has no punches or kicks in it.
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?MPAA Rating: UNRATED
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 105 minutes
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