
Johnathan Cabot is a champion gymnast. In the tiny, yet savage, country of Parmistan, there is a perfect spot for a "star wars" site. For the US to get this site, they must compete in the brutal "Game". The government calls on Cabot, the son of a former operative, to win the game. Cabot must combine his gymnastics skills of the west with fighting secrets of the east and form GYMKATA!... (Full plot summary below)
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Johnathan Cabot is a champion gymnast. In the tiny, yet savage, country of Parmistan, there is a perfect spot for a "star wars" site. For the US to get this site, they must compete in the brutal "Game". The government calls on Cabot, the son of a former operative, to win the game. Cabot must combine his gymnastics skills of the west with fighting secrets of the east and form GYMKATA!
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| The A.V. ClubNick SchagerA true masterpiece of unintentional comedy...fantastically surreal. |
| IGNTodd GilchristThe end result here is comically entertaining, but entertaining nevertheless - although if you are conditioned to enjoy only those very complicated scenes from newer movies this might be laughable in a less enjoyable way. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrNo real film lover could help but muster some affection for this bedraggled action movie, shot in an extremely unpicturesque Yugoslavia on a budget that must number in the hundreds of dollars. The lead, Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas, is clearly a stranger to the thespian arts, but it's pointless to single him out in a cast that seems to have been assembled from all the expatriate American used-car salesmen living on the Adriatic coast. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyThis really happened in Hollywood in the 1980s, which gives you some idea of exactly how much cocaine was flowing through that place back then. |
| Miami HeraldLaurie HornJudged against other martial arts pictures, GYMKATA is technically superior and more intelligently written and directed, but that still doesn't make it worthwhile viewing. The film has only a minimum of credibility or intelligence, but since these qualities have little or no place in the genre, that becomes irrelevant, leaving pure action--kicking, punching, and the snapping sounds of breaking bones--as the main draw. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...one of the most absurd and flat-out silly actioners to emerge out of the 1980s... |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergHey, you got your gymnastics in my karate! No, YOU got your karate in my ... oh never mind. You just won't find a movie much stupider than this one. |
| User ReviewJamie MA perfect blend of martial arts/action adventure with a hint of romance. And all with the help of Olympic hopeful Kurt Thomas! |
| User ReviewSheri SThe best MMA movie ever, the game, YAKMALA, the town of crazies, a must see for action fans. |
| User ReviewDuncan RTwo tickets to town of the crazies please! |