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Saturday, August 12, 2017

InFilm to Miss: Chocolate (2016)

Chocolate (2016)  


Platform: Netflix

Police officer Rana is working an undercover operation when he receives a phone call from his demanding fiancee Ria. He is distracted and takes off the flashy ring she had given him, just as it's time to move in on the target, and a thief takes the ring. Raju, the thief, is chased all across town, as Rana is determined to recover that special ring. Raju ends up hiding it inside a box in a warehouse, thinking he can come back later to collect his prize, but much to his dismay, Raju had put the 50 lakh ring (worth about $75,000 US dollars) inside a box of chocolate-flavored condoms! So with the authorities breathing down his neck, Raju follows the box around as it is delivered and keeps changing hands. Will the cop track down the thief before he has to meet with his fiancee? What happens when Raju realizes who the ring really belongs to?

*This is a campy, raunchy film – sleazy even by American standards (but that becomes apparent as soon as the viewer realizes the ring is hidden in a box of condoms...). There are so many plot holes as well – what cop worth his salt answers a phone call in the middle of a sting? And it wasn't believable that the thief would be shy or discreet in any manner about stealing the condom box once it was delivered, especially with a prize worth that much. The torture room at the POLICE STATION was also very disturbing. The film is Bengali; perhaps that explains the different standards. I definitely won't watch this again, and I strongly urge others to avoid this film.*

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