Review of The Chocolate War (1988) by Ken S — 04 Dec 2015

First and foremost, this is a movie I saw when I was a little kid and I've been carrying around this vague memory of the ending for years trying to figure out what film they belonged to. This movie seemed to fit the description of what I thought it was.

..and happily a mystery in my life is solved! I remembered the final moments of this word for word, yet I barely remembered anything else. Watching this as an adult I see it as a unique and odd film about Catholic school boys who have a secret group that assigns tasks to younger students as a means of control.

..and get into a battle of wits and bullying with a Freshman who refuses to sell chocolates in the school fundraiser. It is decent, but it suffers a bit because the kid playing our lead is as entertaining to watch as a bag of rocks.

The movie has some decent cinematography and visuals though, and the core story is solid. It may have a boring lead and some dated music and MTV in the 80s style at times...but it isn't an awful movie.