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Gymkata

1985

Action / Thriller

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 4844 4.8K

kung fu karate east asian lead gymnast

Plot summary

U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.

Director

Robert Clouse Photo
Robert Clouse

Top cast

Tetchie Agbayani Photo
Tetchie Agbayani as Princess Rubali
Ivo Kristof Photo
Ivo Kristof as Brockschmidt
Eric Lawson Photo
Eric Lawson as Colonel Cabot
Slobodan Dimitrijevic Photo
Slobodan Dimitrijevic as Tamerlane
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822.84 MB
1254*720
English 2.0
NR
  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 3
1.49 GB
1880*1080
English 2.0
NR
  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 3 / 10

One of the best bad movies of the 80s...

... so if it doesn't bore you, and maybe you have some retro fondness for this era and this film genre in particular, it might be an 8/10 for you.Ludicrous Reagan-era action film in which Kurt Thomas, a real-life champion gymnast, stars as a champion gymnast who is recruited by the government to travel to the west Asian country of Parmistan and participate in the "Game", wherein the contestants are hunted while they try to make their way to the finish line. He must be an expert fighter, so he is trained in combat, which he combines with his gymnastics expertise to create Gymkata, a new fighting style. Once in the game, he must fight the other participants as well as Parmistan's ruler's right hand man, the evil Zamir (D-movie regular Richard Norton). What perils await our mulleted hero as he tries to escape the Village of the Crazies?Co-starring veteran goofball Buck Kartalian as Parmistan's ruler, Tetchie Agbayani as his beautiful daughter, and a few lesser known action regulars, like Bob Schott and Conan Lee. This movie moves from one absurd set-piece to another, and is well worth seeing just for the head-scratching sequence in the Village of the Crazies. Serious film buffs will be unamused, but for bad movie fans, it doesn't get much better. I like that the goal of the hero is to win so that the new Star Wars Defense program can be placed in Parmistan. Incredibly, this was from MGM, just as they decided to throw up their hands and sell out to Ted Turner. Who can really blame them at this point.
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Reviewed by Fella_shibby 5 / 10

Decent martial arts but a very lame n hilarious film.

Had enjoyed it when i saw this in the late 80s on a VHS. Revisited it recently on a DVD jus for nostalgic moments. It is obviously derived from Enter The Dragon since its frm the same director. It has stiff dialog, meh story-line, pathetic acting. The budget is low. Everything bad about this film is a proof that this cud have happened in the 80's. Hav learnt walking on hands after watching this flick. The village scene was creepy n surreal, but was hilarious too. The two faced guy, the naked guy n of course the self arm chopping scene. This movie is a must for fans of the American martial arts movies of the 80s and early 90s. Bad acting by Kurt Thomas. His hairstyle is one of the highlights of this movie.

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