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Gymkata (1985)


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.