Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

nflandersfarmer On a week-long trip with a group of friends, primarily watching bad movies, with a few decent horror movies sprinkled throughout, this film was a stand-out disappointment. This movie is bad, but to the point where it's just tedious to watch. All the fun of bad movies like the ever-popular 'The Room' and the not-so-popular 'Samurai Cop' is absent here, rendering it a sad and drawn-out experience, lending itself to next to no in-joke possibilities. What this film didn't have that other, more fun bad movies have is an amateur charm. This film is too consistent in its production to be a good bad film, yet too boring and stock-standard 80s action movie-esque to be a bad good film. In attempting to play off its novelty - an action hero who uses a combination of Olympic-style gymnastics combined with Karate - the film falls flat, relying too heavily on it. As a result, the plot itself comes off as more of an excuse to show off some sweet moves than a way of at least having fun with the action movie genre. All in all, it's not fun enough to be a recommendable group-viewing experience.Steer clear.

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.

jessegehrig Did you know you can combine gymnastics with karate? Yeah you can totally do this, you would be surprised what stuff you can combine, like you can combine ammonia and chlorine then breathe deep! This movie is about biological organisms on an alien world who must find a cure for something, or this movie is about an Olympic gymnast who must learn karate to compete in a martial arts fun-run so as to win that fun-run thus assuring the United States of America lucrative real estate for the building of future I.C.B.M. launch silos, y'know cause that sounds patriotic and normal. There is a bad-guy in this movie he wears a vest and no shirt, yeah, on purpose, and it looks cold at the location where this movie was filmed. A Slavic country I suspect.

Comeuppance Reviews More like GEMkata! Here's an excellent example of something that only could have happened in the 80's - further proof that the 80's rule! When the U.S. government singles out the tiny European country of Parmistan for a secret site needed for the nuclear secrets of the Star Wars program, they think all will go smoothly. Instead, the throwbacks of this country have a yearly Most Dangerous Game-like game called...well...The Game. The Feds need someone who can infiltrate the country and not just set up the Nuke sites, but actually WIN The Game as well. So naturally they pick the only man on earth suited for the job: an Olympic gymnast named Jonathan Cabot (Thomas)! Adding to his Olympic skills, he is trained in the fighting arts by a number of trainers. But it's going to take all his skill and cunning to beat the sinister Zamir (Norton), the leader of The Game and a ruthless assassin. Jonathan also must protect The Princess Rubali (Agbayani of previous Norton vehicle Deathfight, 1994 fame) from Zamir, who is going to marry her in a royal ceremony without her permission. It's all spearheaded by The Khan of Parmistan (isn't that a kind of cheese?) (the great Buck Kartalian). Can Jonathan Cabot flip, flop and fly to freedom? It's pretty easy math to do: Gymnastics + Karate = GYMKATA! (Presumably the writers felt "gymkarate" didn't leave much to the imagination). It's such a great idea. We're happy it was actually made. What's hilarious about this newfangled fighting style, and the way Kurt Thomas executes it, is that there are so many unnecessary moves. Never mind the fact that there is Olympic gymnastics equipment in the middle of nowhere that just appears. Sure, Kurt Thomas doesn't have much of a personality, but he's not annoying, and his sweaters and mullet are cool.Richard Norton, a Comeuppance Reviews hero, is great as the bearded, rat-tailed Zamir (who we think might be a master of the pan flute). Not only is the overall concept of the movie imaginative and different, it had the power of Warner Brothers behind it, so it actually had something of a budget and distribution. Just check out the bombastic, awesome score by Alfi Kabiljo. His booming music helps sell the Gymkata concept and paste over some of the dodgier aspects of the plot and acting. We're glad director Robert Clouse felt the greatness of Gymkata needed a worthy score. Speaking of Clouse, he was probably trying to do with Kurt Thomas what he "did" with Bruce Lee. Do you think it worked? And we got this far without even mentioning the infamous "Town Of the Crazies"! We spend a lot of time there as viewers, so be ready. It comes complete with what every town should have, a pommel horse in the town square. Will it be used? Also watch out for Punchfighting legend John Barrett as a competitor, and Conan Lee of Armed Response (1986) fame. Not to mention the funny ninjas (the movie was shot in Yugoslavia, so we can only assume they are Yugo-Ninjas, perhaps a cinematic first).There's an excellent, inexpensive DVD from WB out there that contains the excellent trailer. You must own it. There's no excuse for not seeing Gymkata.for more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com