RZA is back behind the camera, bringing that old school Kung Fu and Exploitation vibe in his latest film, One Spoon of Chocolate, which lands in cinemas May 1st through 36 Cinema Distribution and Variance Films, with a red band trailer that makes its intentions very clear within seconds: this is going to get fucking messy.

Presented by Quentin Tarantino, the film leans hard into a stripped-down revenge setup, but with a tone that feels more back-alley than grindhouse cosplay. RZA writes and directs, bringing that same off-kilter energy he’s been injecting into everything he’s done for years, part street sermon, part slow-burn murder.

Shameik Moore leads as Unique, a veteran and ex-con trying to keep his head down in a small town that immediately decides it doesn’t like him. After a run-in with a local gang, things escalate fast, and what starts as tension turns into something uglier when Unique begins connecting them to a string of missing young men, including his own cousin.

From there, it’s less ‘man investigates mystery’ and more ‘man realises everyone in this town might be rotten’. The gang is a problem. The sheriff’s office? Potentially worse. So instead of waiting to become the next missing person poster, Unique flips the script and starts pushing back, with backup from the few people he can still trust.

The supporting cast lines up like a roll call of trouble: RJ Cyler, Paris Jackson, Rockmond Dunbar, Emyri Crutchfield, Johnell Young, Harry Goodwins, Michael Harney, and Blair Underwood all stepping into a story that looks like it’s heading straight for confrontation rather than resolution.

Worth noting: select screenings will be shown in 35mm, which feels less like a gimmick and more like RZA committing to the texture, grain, grit, and all.

No speeches about justice here, no neat moral bow. Just a guy, a town that’s clearly hiding something, and a situation that’s about to spiral in a very loud, very public way.

May 1st looks like it’s bringing receipts.