The three young Cho brothers are carefully developing their martial arts skills. Unfortunately, they are trained by Mr. Cho, their tyrannical, blind, groin-kicking father. When the boys’ loving mother acquires a sudden illness and dies, they are stuck with Mr. Cho’s harebrained parenting style. Vatchel Cho takes this particularly badly and, in despair, resorts to eating paint chips. Before long, his father concludes that he is a bastard child and kicks him out of the house. Vatchel polishes off a few last paint chips and, when his childhood sweetheart attacks him, he realizes that he has contracted Mercritis, a deadly condition that causes attractive women to brutalize men. Rejected by his family and doomed to live without female companionship, Vatchel moves to the desert where he sells geodes and is physically abused by fake Indians. Years later, with Mr. Cho on his deathbed, Vatchel’s brother Shang ("the chosen one") visits his brother, falsely claiming that Mr. Cho will see Vatchel but only if he returns to the city, finds his childhood dream girl and conquers his affliction. Of course, Shang knows this is a suicide mission and, if successful, will increase the size of his inheritance. Vatchel unexpectedly accepts, and the vicious female-on-male beatings begin.

Armed with one of the most ridiculous premises in recent memory, this is also one of the strangest films at this year's Fantasia Festival. After working as a karate instructor and comedian, writer-director-star Colin Miller brings these worlds together in this entertaining directorial debut. More than most martial arts filmmakers, Miller draws upon an eclectic variety of influences including westerns (High Noon, Once Upon a Time in the West) and slapstick comedies (the Pink Panther series). Amid all the hijinks, Miller even manages to convey some universal truths about the masochism of love. Vatchel is willing to endure any number of severe beatings in order to find true love, and he has the scars to prove it. With the ultra-diverse Cho family (the senile Mr. Cho, the scheming Shang, the child-like Ling and the quietly introspective Vatchel), Miller even communicates something authentic about combative family dynamics. With its good-natured action and violence (paintball gunfire, stomping on feet), All Babes Want to Kill Me is likely to appeal to martial arts fans of all ages. And don't miss the climactic rooftop karate battle, impressively choreographed by Phi Vu.

—Jonathan Doyle

"The most enjoyable kung fu comedy of all time!" - Stefan Blitz, FORCESOFGOOD.COM

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Director: Colin Miller
Screenplay: Colin Miller
Cast: Colin Miller, Gianni Lazuli, Alex Cain, John F. Schaffer, Michael Yama
Producers: Alex Cain