# The “spectacular” 2008 movie so good it ruined one of Quentin Tarantino’s favourite genres: “You’ll never do it as good”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-spectacular-2008-movie-so-good-it-ruined-one-of-quentin-tarantinos-favourite-genres-youll-never-do-it-as-good/
- Published: 2026-07-24T15:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T02:02:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/movie-ruined-one-of-quentin-tarantino-favourite-genres/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- 2008 Thai martial arts film Chocolate impressed Quentin Tarantino with its fight choreography
- Tarantino claimed viewing it discouraged him from watching new martial arts films for years
- He maintains subsequent fight movies cannot match Chocolate's technical and creative standard

## Summary

The 2008 Thai martial arts film Chocolate, directed by Prachya Pinkaew and starring Yanin Vismitananda, impressed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino with its exceptional combat sequences. Vismitananda, who spent years training under stunt choreographer Panna Rittikrai before production, delivered what Tarantino described as displays of physical artistry among the finest fight sequences he had witnessed in cinema.

Tarantino's enthusiasm was so complete that he claimed the film altered his relationship with the martial arts genre, leaving him disinterested in watching new entries for years afterward. He asserted that subsequent films would inevitably disappoint when compared to Chocolate's accomplishments. While some critics contend that later action films such as The Raid and The Night Comes for Us achieve comparable quality, Tarantino maintains no fight film can surpass the benchmark set by Chocolate.

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