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Gymkata (DVD)

Robert Clouse (Director), Kurt Thomas (Actor), Tetchie Agbayani (Actor) Rated:
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4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 889 ratings
IMDb4.4/10.0
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Genre Drama, Special Interest, Action & Adventure
Format Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Closed-captioned
Contributor Richard Norton, John Barrett, Fred Weintraub, Tetchie Agbayani, Charles Robert Carner, Kurt Thomas, Robert Clouse, Dan Tyler Moore, Edward Bell See more
Initial release date 2007-01-30
Language English
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Gymkata (DVD)

For Glory, For Nation, For Survival... LET THE GAME BEGIN! Gymnastics champion Kurt Thomas stars as Jonathan Cabot, an American who travels to a remote land to enter a lethal competition that no outsider has won in more than 900 years. Based on the novel The Terrible Game by Dan Tyler Moore.

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A camp classic and one-time staple of late-night cable, Gymkata stars former Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas as a master of Gymkata, a fighting style that blends elements of martial arts and--what else?--gymnastics. Sent to a fictional Middle Eastern country on the Caspian Sea called "Karabal, on the Caspian Sea," Jonathan Cabot (Thomas) must survive a high-stakes competition called the Game that had previously claimed the life of his father. But winning could mean shifting the balance of power in the cold war. (The movie was made in 1985, and Thomas missed out on the 1980 Olympics because of the U.S. boycott.) Fortunately, being a master of Gymkata means that as you run through the village streets with bad guys in hot pursuit, in between the buildings you'll find a conveniently placed high bar from which you can swing and unleash powerful villain-crunching kicks. Moments like that earn Gymkata a 9.5 on the unintentional-comedy scale. With Tetchie Agbayani as the love-interest princess, and Buck Kartalian as a fearsome villain who looks like Mel Brooks. --David Horiuchi

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 2.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2211022
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Clouse
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Closed-captioned
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 30, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton, Edward Bell, John Barrett
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Fred Weintraub
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 1.0), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005JP3R
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Charles Robert Carner
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 889 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Reagan-fu cold war weirdness.
4 Stars
Reagan-fu cold war weirdness.
No 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. Charles Robert Carner's screenplay (a slim variation on The Most Dangerous Game, with Thomas as an American agent who must survive an Eastern kingdom's death-hunt ritual in order to win the right to install a radar base) is full of mind-warping non sequiturs, and director Robert Clouse (Enter the Dragon) lets most of them stand, in what appears to be a valiant, last-ditch effort to bring some entertainment value to a hopeless project. But when the opportunity arises, Clouse is still capable of some atmospheric and suspenseful action sequences. In short, a genuine Z-movie, of the kind that disappeared with American-International.With Tetchie Agbayani (former Playboy Playmate and co-star of The Fat Boys hip-hop classic, 1987's Disorderlies), Richard Norton (ABBA: The Movie, Roadhouse 2 and every 80/90s direct to video martial arts movie ever made), and Edward Bell (1980's exploitation classic, Cuba Crossing, TV fare such as, The A-Team, Magnum P.I., Charlie's Angels.)
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Samuel C Chavez
5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind movie!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
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This movie is one of those you have to watch at least once a year and question why you didn't train to be a gymnast, compete in the Olympics and race against fighters to compete in an underground competition.
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Providential
5.0 out of 5 stars Great bad movie.
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
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There's been a surge of interest in "good bad" movies lately. Movies that certainly aren't going to crack the top levels of critical rankings, and that probably flopped terribly at theaters, but movies which have redeeming qualities that make them a lot of fun to watch. For fans of this genre, Gymkata is a tour de force.

How to describe it? In the 1980s there was a push to find new summer blockbusters featuring action heroes. This was an era where movies like "Rambo: First Blood" would take flight. It seemed like a smart bet at the time that olympic athletes, with their amazing physiques and their existing media coverage, would make great movie stars. The problem is, these movies almost universally flopped to a remarkable extent. Another movie from this era was the Village People's "Can't Stop the Music" starring a certain person whose last name is Jenner. "Can't Stop the Music" is almost as good-bad as Gymkata.

Who's our gold medalist? Our hero is Kurt Thomas. You'd imagine he's a track star, a weightlifter, or a boxer? A wrestler, obviously. But no- he's a gymnast. That's right, out action hero is a gymnast. You're probably going to say that's ridiculous. What is he doing to do, cartwheel into a bag guy or spin around on a pommel horse as bad guys run up to him one by one to get kicked in the face? Why yes, that is precisely what happens. Bad movie fans are probably already sold- but there's so much more.

Oh, the insanity. Firstly, the plot takes place in the made-up Eastern European nation of Parmistan. I'd like to warn you that the depiction of the Parmistanians is an incredibly racist depiction of the real-life residents of Yugoslavia who were probably blissfully unaware of the way they would be depicted in the movie. There are a lot of close-ups of old people with missing teeth as they cheer the death of prisoners, very culturally sensitive. Parmistan is led by an obviously Jewish king, who runs "The Game". The Game is a sort of triathlon where ninjas and gladiators randomly murder participants. That doesn't really seem fair, but such is The Game. The United States has to send a gymnast to win The Game in order to get a missile defense system installed so that the United States can win the Cold War. Are you sold yet? There's more!

Yes, abject insanity. At one point our hero goes to the City of the Crazies, a place full of cannibals, where things get downright experimental. After watching a man sever his own arm after grabbing a hot pipe, our hero finds that pommel horse in the middle of a town square so that he can kick people in the face for a few minutes. Our hero then fights a man who has a mask on the back of his head, making it looks like the man is still facing him even when he gets turned around. What producer thought this was a good idea? How did this make it onto the big screen? I haven't even mentioned the asian karate master, the princess who must be saved, or the hero of Parmistan opposing our who's obviously some American athlete who can't even do an accent.

I don't want to spoil any more, but at this point you should know if this movie is for you. It's not a good movie by any means, there are long stretches of boredom and quaint-because-it's-the-80s racism against all non-Americans. But there are so many great moments in this movie. Our hero bounds, leaps, and has a unibrow. This movie should be a legend as it so perfectly encapsulates the insane things people thought could be legitimate blockbusters in this era. See it now.
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James Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Remembered watching this as a kid. Took me back lol.
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Irish Truth
5.0 out of 5 stars Gymkate - Cinéma vérité
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2007
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I know there have been a ton of gymnastics/karate movies made in the last 25 years, but the buck stops here. Gymkata is the reason Edison created the motion picture camera. The director Robert Clouse has created Profound storytelling on an epic scope.

From the opening credits Jonathan is whisked away to an enchanted land of evil, danger and incredible beauty. imitation is the highest form of flattery, too true. Mel Gibson recently tried to recreate the action, excitement, and drama of Gymkata's "Game of Death" with his own film Apacolypto. Nice try Mel. The Game Of Death concept featured in Gymkata, is by far the best example of mans effort to out run the demons of his life, whether they be external, or internal. not even the glorious countryside locations of passolini's Gospel According to ST. Mathew can compare to the portrayl of one of the worlds most diverse, bountaful, and gorgeous country-lands Parmastan. A first class trip to Parmastan? yes please

Some say that Francis Ford Copala's Appocolypse Now is the ultimate film example of mans quest in to the darkest regions of the human soul. For my money, its Gymkatas twisted journey into "the village of the damned" with its oh so realistic action, and stunning use of slow motion The village of the Damned is one of the most breath taking, horrofying, astonishing sequences in film history. How Jonathan makes it out with his mind, body, and soul intact is beyond me.

Bogart and Becall, Astaire and Rogers, Pitt and Jolie, what do these on screen couple have in common? they are ice cold next to the red hot on screen romance of Jonathan, and Princess Rubali. love at first sight is an understatement, when these to fated lovers first meet eyes the silver screen is leteraly set on fire with the pure energy of untamed attraction.

There is too much Raw Cinema Power involved in Gymkata to squeez into a single foulable review. You will just have to trust me. However, I will leave you with this last thought: I bet when you visited Amazon.com today you had no idea you would find a DVD that was guarateed to change your life.
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Norman Ian Carnick
5.0 out of 5 stars It's awesome
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023
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Best movie staring Kurt Thomas. Bart Conner is amazing in his cameo as well.
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S Hogan
5.0 out of 5 stars Gymkata more than a movie. A lifestyle.
Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2020
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The best worst movie around. The whole idea for this film is ridiculous alone. The follow through. Incredibly bad, and super cheesy. The idea of a gymnast being used to infiltrate a secret society and bring them down. Magic. There are few classics and in an age of dying cinema. Gymkata is like no other martial arts films from the early 80’s. This one is a great horrible movie.
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chadjei
5.0 out of 5 stars Le phénomène
Reviewed in France on July 28, 2018
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Bonjour à tous. Ce film est tout à fait in croyable. Kurt Thomas un véritable expert. Ça explique qu'il faut se battre pour survivre. Un exemple.
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Shannon Barnes
5.0 out of 5 stars It's a lot of fun
Reviewed in Australia on March 28, 2023
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This movie has a reputation for being "so bad it's good". It's not really bad at all. It's premise is ridiculous but the action scenes are great & the acting is a lot better than most B grade martial arts films of the era. Plus the Aussie Annihilator Richard Norton plays the baddie. Two thumbs up. The sound & picture quality of this DVD transfer are also good.
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Alain from Canada
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
Reviewed in Canada on June 16, 2020
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Amazing.... Fitness/athletics/martial arts movie. Last 30 minutes of movie is a cross country race called THE GAME. Where competitors get killed along the way....and no outsider has ever won in 900 years. If you like action, this movie is for you.
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Jan
4.0 out of 5 stars Trashfilm der eher ungewöhnlichen Sorte
Reviewed in Germany on September 18, 2019
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Seit ich vor Jahren ein Review zu diesem Film sah, habe ich versucht, ihn zu erwerben. Wie froh war ich, als er auf Amazon endlich zu einem vernünftigen Preis zu haben war.

In der Hauptrolle ist Kurt Thomas, seines Zeichens ein sehr erfolgreicher Turner, als Jonathan Cabot, der seine Turnerfähigkeiten mit Martial Arts verbindet, um im fiktiven Parmistan an einem tödlichen Spiel teilzunehmen. Der Gewinner dieses Spiels bekommt sein Leben geschenkt und ihm wird ein Wunsch erfüllt. Was die Frage aufwirft, warum überhaupt irgendwer dran teilnehmen sollte? Diese Frage wird im Film nicht erklärt. Einerseits reisen alle freiwillig ins Land. Es heißt, viele Regierungen senden"ihre besten Leutex, andererseits heißt es, sie werden gezwungen, mitzuspielen? Was denn nun?

Irgendwie spielt dann noch eine seltsame Prinzessin eine Rolle, die natürlich entführt wird und von Cabot gerettet werden muss.

4 Sterne gibt es, weil der Ton wirklich schlecht ist. Ich weiß nicht, ob es an der DVD liegt oder ob das Master schon eine so schlechte Abmischung aufweist. Jedenfalls musste ich englische Untertitel aktivieren, sonst hätte ich wenig verstanden.

Kurt Thomas wurde für diese Rolle übrigens für eine Goldene Himbeere als schlechtester Newcomer nominiert.
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