Gymkata

1985 "The skill of gymnastics, the kill of karate."
4.4| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 03 May 1985 Released
Producted By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.

Genre

Drama, Action

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Director

Robert Clouse

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Gymkata Audience Reviews

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
UnowPriceless hyped garbage
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
a_chinn From the producer and director of Bruce Lee's seminal martial arts film "Enter the Dragon" comes this martial arts low-point that decided a deadly combination of gymnastics and karate was the formula for a brilliant new action film. US Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas travels to a mysterious fictional European country to complete in a deadly tournament that's a mix of Han's martial arts tournament in "Enter the Dragon" and the plot from "The Most Dangerous Game." Overall, this film is a mess, but it's so awful that's it's absolutely hilarious. The way Thomas manages to find high bars and pommel horses in the most unexpected of places is comic gold. Only watch this film for ironic camp value and look somewhere else if you want good fight sequences. Kung-fu film mainstay Richard Norton also appears as the lead henchman.
Woodyanders American champion gymnast Jonathan Cabot (woodenly played by handsome and muscular real-life Olympic champion gymnast Kurt Thomas) travels to the remote country of Parmiston to participate in a deadly competition that hasn't been won by an outsider in 900 years.Director Robert Clouse, working from Charles Robert Carner's patently absurd script, treats the laughably ridiculous premise with utmost misguided seriousness, stages the martial arts fights with aplomb, and keeps the enjoyably inane story moving along at a snappy pace. Moreover, this film offers a wondrous wealth of gut-busting howlers: Bad guys don't bleed despite getting pumped full of bullets by machine guns, both an iron bar and a pommel horse just happen to be exactly right where they are needed for key action set pieces, a mist-shrouded town populated by colorful, yet dangerous crazies, and so on. Tetchie Agrayani looks positively ravishing as the feisty Princess Rubali, Richard Norton snarls it up nicely as the evil Zamir, Bob Schott cuts an intimidating figure as hulking brute Thorg, and a hilariously miscast Buck Kartalian serves as a prime source of sidesplitting unintentional humor as a pompous king who resembles an old Jewish vaudevillian. Alfi Kabiljo's rousing score and Godfrey A. Godar's slick cinematography are both up to par. A real wacky'n'tacky hoot.
sebarroso The film is an American gymnast who is invited to participate in a tournament in a small eastern town. In that town he has to face many dangers. Movie bizarre, Class B. It is very good for how bad it is. Recommended.I saw it when I was a kid, I saw her again recently with the hope that is as good as I remembered. Do not know what else to write. But IMDb calls me at least 10 lines for each review.Another thing I can say about the movie is how the character is just a bar of gymnastics or other elements of their discipline, it is very real. But I like it.
Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) What do get when you combine gymnastics along with karate? "Gymkata"! This movie wasn't the best made, but it was the best thing to show what you can do to combine the best moves to make the ultimate martial artist! Gymnastics champ Kurt Thomas plays Jonathon Cabot, a gymnast who is approached by a federal agent to participate in a tournament called "The Game". Many other competitors from all around join, but only one would win. He put his skills to the test when the princess (Tetchie Agbayani) get kidnapped. When he arrived with the other competitors, there's more sinister things going on. The king's right hand man Zamir (Richard Norton ) is plotting to overthrow the king with his coup. If it wasn't for Cabot's gymkata skills, he would never have made it far. However, other than Zamir, he had to deal with a treacherous competitor: Thorg (Bob Schott). He kills one of the other competitors , while Zamir and his army do the rest. This movie could have been made better. The quality was bad, but the plot was excellent. Kurt's gymnastic skills are one of a kind. I don't agree with the critics on this movie, I seem to enjoy it well enough. 2 out of 5 stars