Honest Trailers | Gymkata

[@joen0411]

This movie made complete logical sense when I was eleven years old. Why wouldn’t you combine gymnastics and karate? You would be unstoppable.

[@SC-dm1ct]

Was probably written by an 11 year old.

[@thieupham493]

@@SC-dm1ct Still a better story than the Acolyte.

[@spidey-67]

More unstoppable than a ninja referee?

[@eplanti]

srs, i saw it at 1am on TNT on a saturday night, 100% of the plot was reasonable to my 13 yr old brain

[@makokx7063]

I'm nearly 40 and it still seems like the logical thing to do.

[@solvseus]

The fact that this WASN'T a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie shook me to my core.

[@raremusicman]

This movie gave birth to Van Damme.

[@Huntron-go1bw]

@@raremusicman sounds about rite.

[@KurtAngle89]

He become famous too late

[@gen_x_dad]

@@raremusicman That's not even that far off base

[@balazsbarany2890]

"Interesting background. Her mother was Indonesian." "Hmmm." LOL

[@BingoBoffin90]

The actress is Filipina, so close enough. lol

[@TioAlbert]

x2 hahaha

[@SangSangC]

This was the best one..🤣🤣

[@deensaid7762]

​@BingoBoffin90 which is a coincidence, considering that Filipino gymnast just won two gold medals in gymnastics recently. What a guy.

[@spidey-67]

Oh….so Indonesian isn’t interesting? Wow….hows the view up there on your high horse? Hmmm?

[@ngrader]

"Look I don't know, it's the 80s, you didn't need a lot of motivation to do violence." 2:45 I'm in tears. My childhood summed up in a sentence.

[@HBarnill]

Love it when HT does more obscure films.

[@Beastie_Boy33]

'the band of the hand' is another 80's classic obscure action film

[@KungFuWombat]

I have never heard of this masterpiece, but now that I know it exists, I kinda wish I could go back to when I didn't.

[@AbsolutSpaceGirl]

Showing this movie to uninitiated friends has been the source of much happiness in my life. Truly the best “it’s so bad it’s good” movie.

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

Fighting people with conviniently place gymnastics equipment is tight!

[@SchrijverMarcel]

Super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@lawrencechesneau]

The thing about the conveniently placed gymnastic equipment is... That I need you to get ALL the way off my back about it.

[@bjchit]

Amazing!

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

@@lawrencechesneau Ok, let me get off that thing.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Yeahyeahyeah

[@RonnieBarzel]

“His name is Zamir. He’s got my back. I would advise not getting killed by him. His sword traps the souls of its victims.”

[@VolguusZildrohar]

I understood that reference.

[@GabrielBoorom]

I make it a rule to never get killed by anyone...

[@mandreadfg]

Great work here

[@Tortferngatr]

"If there's anything a ninja hates, it's a collar. Especially Avacyn's collar, the symbol of her church."

[@arvidp.247]

And he's a viper.

[@joshuahoover6841]

I was ten years old when this movie came out, and i'm not lying to you when I tell you everybody in school loved it!

[@gideononu1876]

That's not surprising really, it has a lot of charm.

[@John_Locke_108]

I was 8 and I can vouch for this comment being accurate.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Was around the same and yep, it’s true. Man we really ate up martial arts movies back in the 80s, regardless of how cheesy they were lol

[@joshuahoover6841]

@chiarosuburekeni9325 That is exactly what I was thinking after I posted this! I don't know what it was but man, we loved kung fu movies in the eighties!

[@Or_else_it_gets_the_hose_again]

Can confirm. I remember catching many reruns of it on TBS and the first incarnation of Encore. I think this movie and Krull were on loop when Encore first aired.

[@steveng2475]

Gymkata is my all-time favourite so bad it's good film. All-time. It took me ages to find it on DVD back in the 2000s, and I had to get it from Germany in the end. Doesn't matter. Greatest film starring a non-acting American gymnast with a pommel horse randomly in the middle of a medieval town ever.

[@wills2140]

I heard it is now available on Blu-ray, somewhere...

[@russ254]

available in Blu-ray, somewhere, IN GERMANY

[@christiangrantz6906]

"Why does this guy have a falcon?"... I mean, if you could have a falcon, wouldn't you?

[@nicocrestmere9688]

That's some solid logic and I can't find a single flaw in that.

[@j.l.4054]

The funny thing is that it wasn't a falcon - falcons are WAYYY smaller than that. Looked like a golden eagle.

[@johnnytransam5894]

I find no flaws in your argument

[@NY-rg3gy]

I mean, RFK has one. Not like its uncommon

[@dresinss]

​@@j.l.4054If you could have a Golden Eagle...

[@jimmydouglas610]

This used to be one of the late late night rotating movies that came on TNT or USA. My friends and I would have sleepovers where we would eat pizza, play street fighter, watch Gymkata, and then practice the moves.

[@jackwells8107]

I remember when this hit the video stores. I can't remember how many times we drunk-watched this, but many brain cells were killed.

[@MonaLisa-de4cp]

Man, thanks to all who recommended this! I'd completely forgotten about this movie. Watching this has brought back memories.

[@FuzzyStripetail]

I was so cheesed off and could hardly Parmistan for the fact that there were absolutely no parmesan cheese jokes in this entire movie.

[@tharqal2764]

Maybe the country was named after the ham though.

[@craigrobbins2463]

It is in asia. Probably everybody's lactose intolerant.

[@jeffreyspinner5437]

There was a YeahMad video Idr which one, where there was a joke about scraping cheeze off a pizza box or "her" box that almost got the not blonde girl Peyton to throw up. I can't find it atm, but they are funny videos anyways. It was versing Matt.

[@mattotis8412]

The entire movie is a block of Parmistan cheese 🧀 😆🃏

[@jeffreyspinner5437]

@@mattotis8412 All of the smell... none of the taste.

[@koolestani]

That last clip of getting an arrow shot in a bazaar, mid dialogue, out of nowhere knocked me out. 😂😂😂

[@pamoweiberezi5315]

Me too 😂

[@mineduck3050]

How is that not a meme? Funniest clip I’ve seen in awhile.

[@jdswong]

Walk it off, old bicycle guy. Simone in Gymkata 2. I'd go to the theater for that.

[@spidey-67]

Bro….she’s gymkata goat!

[@josephfisher426]

Pommel Horse Guy could be her sidekick, and Retired Hitman Guy could be involved too...

[@spidey-67]

@@josephfisher426 no! Pommel horse guy is her old, grizzled mentor, passing down the gymkata secrets!

[@josephfisher426]

@@spidey-67 He's got some way to go before he is old and grizzled. Maybe he could wear a fake beard like most of that cast probably did.

[@misterchubbikins]

Stop giving them ideas.

[@brahsumatra]

“Baba Yaga of any town with a pommel horse in the plaza” BRUH!😂

[@gerrittwesselink1147]

What would actually be really impressive is if that was the same ninja each time just keeping up with everyone and telling them where to go.

[@zkeletonz001]

He's the one ninja they have that knows how to do shadow clones.

[@poppers7317]

It's not a one electron universe but a one ninja universe.

[@dlaimer]

You’re thinking of the merchant in Resident Evil 4.

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

It's like the single electron theory for ninjas

[@williamstone1536]

"So prepare for one the 80s'est movies to ever 80s".....XD A profoundly accurate statement; this movie was even too 80'sd out for many of us who were alive in the 80s, lol. Genius, and gawd I miss being kid back then!

[@Dracounguis]

This Honest Trailer is going to make all the VHS tapes of this movie sell out on eBay. 😆

[@benabramowitz18]

But will it outsell Nukie?

[@moxievision]

Ooh, I have an original VHS copy of Gymkata in a ridiculously oversized cardboard case, I'll be rich!

[@vijayanand6650]

I have it on DVD

[@thieupham493]

I loved this movie because it was the first time a white guy did his own stunts besides Chuck Norris, but with way better form.

[@admirallily]

@@vijayanand6650 Why is this on DVD and other mainstream movies aren't?? Make it make sense, Hollywood Studios! LOL

[@MrGreenleaf82]

This is the Honest Trailers I fell in love with. It's more fun when its cheesy 80s flicks.

[@brandonstarr983]

Any movie that got a joke in Lego Batman can’t be completely forgotten!

[@danavixen6274]

Lego Batman was ACTUALLY really good! Saw it with my niece. 😁

[@CM-pf1xc]

lol wait what’s the joke! I’ll have to rewatch

[@brandonstarr983]

@@CM-pf1xc Robin claims to have learned it. 😀

[@ErikPT]

Family Guy also made the reference

[@robotrix]

MST3K mentioned it all the time when there was a half-assed attempt at martial arts in a movie.

[@vwwhiteknight]

That last "arrow out of nowhere" had me crying laughing! 😂

[@PelenTan]

Thank you! Thank you! That has finally been laid to rest for me. I watched this when it first came out in the theater. I've been living with that pain ever since. You have now drained it from me. Thank you!

[@Rapture2036]

I’ve been watching you guys for years and this is my favorite Honest Trailer ever.

[@agaeus]

100%

[@Pecisk]

Not gonna lie, this is one of funniest you have done for very long time. Much needed and appreciated 😂

[@agaeus]

I think this just became my favorite Honest Trailers ever. Entire video was chef's kiss.

[@MylesMcDowell]

Now you must do the ‘Ice Pirates!’ My favourite movie with Ron Perlman, Anjelica Huston and Robert Urich.

[@thehomer5913]

Hell yes!! Love that one.

[@MylesMcDowell]

@@thehomer5913 the more people ask for it, the more chance they’ll do it. 🤣 🤞🏻

[@odinson99m]

"It's a subtle blend..." 😆 I actually saw this masterpiece in the theatres. lol

[@QwertiusMaximus]

Never knew Richard Dean Anderson was so flexible.

[@raphaelgarcia9576]

What am I doing with my life missing this masterpiece?!

[@thespicemelange.1]

I don't know why but that last arrow taking that guy out made me bust out laughing. 9:23

[@melvert33]

"It's just a little anti-American sentiment...running around but I think huuuuuayyyh"

[@Kryxx07]

Haha, same. It was just so out of nowhere with them being in what appears to be a busy city. It was the timing that sent me into a laughing fit.

[@thespicemelange.1]

@@Kryxx07 yeah the timing was comical

[@terryhurley3568]

I can imagine Frank Drebbin in the scene!

[@gileee]

That was the best scream I've ever heard in a movie lmao

[@lacountess]

I have a special memory of this movie. Back in my country, there was a TNT satellite station that showed old movies all day long. My parents caught this movie one afternoon and watched the heck out of it. Sadly, I wasn't home at the time and only got a glimpse of the last 12 minutes of the movie. I was so intrigued that from then until the end of the year, I monitored that channel faithfully and obsessively trying to catch a rerun. Sadly it never happened and I never got to enjoy this masterpiece in time.

[@dougsmith6262]

Watching guys just stroll right into his pommel horse kicks made me chuckle.

[@Epoch11]

These are the kind of movies that makes Honest Trailers shine!

[@jjruns]

Kurt Thomas was a bleeping hero to us kids in the late 70s and 80s. He and Eric Heiden could have teamed up for one heck of an amazing movie. RIP, Kurt.

[@catherineschneider8036]

Oooo, Eric Heiden and his thighs. Nice.

[@mikesmith2057]

Oh no, the bad guys are on the other side of that frozen lake!!!

[@anthonymilana5208]

Wow. This was amazing. Is there an Emmy for this kind of thing? Thank you for introducing me to this movie. 10 points to Honest Trailers!

[@jackjones298]

Love the Until I Took an Arrow Out of Nowhere segment.

[@deensaid7762]

Best part XD

[@ExquisiteKinkyCoils]

😂😂🤣🤣😭😭💀

[@ohride]

In 1985-86, the whole Philippines watched this because the princess is Filipina.

[@notorious3602]

Thanks for helping a crappy movie 🎉

[@pitdeadite]

I hope they talk about the convenient stone pummel horse that was strategically placed in the center of the crazy town.

[@korautoti60]

it´s crazy to place a stone pommel horse in a center town, but the town is crazy town, so it makes perfect sense

[@vijayanand6650]

*pommel

[@brettbarton1911]

Exactly ​@@korautoti60

[@greggoodman4335]

@@vijayanand6650 Well, when it's used to pummel scores of adversaries, I think it's appropriate to call it a "pummel horse."

[@CynicalManInBlack]

I have not laughed at an Honest Trailer this hard since Pacific Rim. And I have not even heard about this film until now. Top tier.

[@shinankoku2]

“Aw come on! Your ceiling’s too low for me to do my Gymkata hand-spring wheel-kick.” - Dermott, Venture Brother Season 3 Episode 8, Tears of a Sea Cow

[@TititoDeBologay]

This is some Cannon production type. Absolute madness and enjoyable to boot.

[@CineMasterDamian]

Honest Trailer for every CYNTHIA ROTHROCK MOVIE!!!!

[@personunknown491]

Yessir I second that motion 💀

[@nicholasm7822]

Hear, hear!

[@djmattblack]

@@CineMasterDamian yes!

[@ExquisiteKinkyCoils]

💯💯💯💯

[@arvidp.247]

Ooh nice!

[@robvandenbergh6347]

After so many years and watching every Honest Trailer this happens to be the first one on a movie I actually hadn't heard about!

[@legendarreny]

That Amir intro was the original "THIS IS KATANA, SHE HAS MY BACK"

[@shauntendaigambiza5539]

I was literally hearing the Katana speech over his intro😂

[@dadadadave9652]

Thanks for introducing me/us to amazing gems from before we were born!

[@SuperD0077]

Maaaaaaan, I remember going to the video rental store when I was a kid and seeing the cover and thinking what a cool looking movie! Dude beating up ninjas using a martial art that just HAS to be better than ninjitsu, never heard of this "Gymkata" but I bet it's awesome"! My dad never rented it for us, I guess he knew it looked dumb.

[@nilus2k]

No one making this movie took it seriously and it you can tell. The pommel horse in the middle of be town has to be the greatest joke in cinema. Man I love this movie

[@Molson-xg9hs]

A 10 minute Gymkata Honest Trailer!?!? Your Olympic Fever may be terminal!

[@sethheasley9538]

man I watched the hell out of this when I was a kid. We were starved for martial arts back then.

[@Arawn505]

This whole comments section has been a set-up to lure you into doing an Honest Trailer for Trap

[@johnsmith-jq1uc]

HAHAHAHAHAHA, its too late, they can never escape

[@edrice2621]

"It's a trap!"

[@samuelvillarreal4157]

This looks like the greatest film ever made

[@XYZpro7846]

I'm going to suggest to my mayor to put a pommel horse in our plaza!

[@NY-rg3gy]

Only way to keep people safe.

[@harryv6752]

Yoooo!!! In my 40+ years on this Earth, I have finally found what I've been missing for most of my life! Thank you! 🤘

[@TheWarmachine375]

The 80s movies are wild.

[@Nostripe361]

Yeah. Back in the day where plots were optional

[@jeuryrabassa4724]

And they're very different from 90's movies.

[@Lok-TM]

​@@Nostripe361they've been pretty optional for the last few years too though.

[@chd261ndla]

Thank you for reminding my childhood. I completely forgotten about this movie, didn't even remember its name. Gymkata, torrent here I come.

[@DamonBanks142857]

I remember when they would reference this in MST3K whenever they saw a particularly bad fight scene in one of those movies

[@swistedfilms]

GYMKATA!

[@Iamwhatiamandwillbe.]

You are very much appreciated and bring back good memories. Thanks . 💯

[@BrandonBrooksMedia]

Back in the 80’s my twin and I loved ANYTHING ninja. This dude’s gymnastics felt like ninja next level! lol

[@spidey-67]

Ninja next level? Dude! Did you see that chick gymkata a dinosaur? This isn’t next level, this is unstoppable doom!

[@Roninrover]

Nostalgic. I loved this movie

[@biffbobfred]

0:34 the “imma do a pommel horse style routine while everyone just stands around and watches” was what I came here for. Am not disappoint

[@thanesgames9685]

My heart belongs to you. "Gymkata!!!!" has been my battlecry for decades!

[@warrennickerson1166]

Truly well-deserved MST3K level roasting!

[@BryCepeOfficial]

I knew that lady was Techie Agbayani. She was the first and only Filipino woman to appear on the cover of the German edition of Playboy, in 1982.

[@djmattblack]

No way, this was one of my favourite films from the 80's

[@RKroese]

That comma is a typo.

[@shanefoster2132]

was?

[@fedenovo1]

Thanks so mutch for this, ok, so KZbin has shown almost every worthy memory in my life.

[@Kinos141]

I saw this movie when I was a kid without knowing what it was and I absolutely loved it. It's so bad, it's good.

[@dicegeeks]

We watched this at my friend's 12th birthday party in the 80s. Why his parents rented it for him I'll never know, but it was 80s awesomeness and decades of nightmare fuel in one fun-filled VHS tape.

[@pahbert]

"When you don't hate the Acolyte enough" .... okay, that was a good one.

[@mixedhairless]

🤣 I still have the boxed VHS copy. I saw this numerous times at the art house theatre 🤣 in the 80’s.

[@Zurkon128]

GoodBadFlicks needs to see this immediately.

[@McPh1741]

They did an awesome review of this movie. They do awesome with every movie they review over there. "The Haunting of Morella" has to be in my top 5 favorites.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Cecil is my boy! I've been watching him since 2014! Whenever I'm really depressed watching my favorite episodes of his channel bring me back. And i love his little stories from his childhood about the ufo and the red church. They might be fake, idk, but he's an amazing storyteller. Big fan 10/10

[@collins.4380]

And Double Toasted

[@thieupham493]

If you cross Gymkata with Gunkata, you get Deadpool.

[@mr.marbles4707]

I remember watching this movie, it was a good 80’s movie

[@SamuraiGoth]

I thought i was part of the minority who remembered this oddity. Im so glad you did this. Now so many more people can scratch their heads and enjoy the madness wth us! This was from the director of Enter the Dragon guys...

[@emantonogbanua507]

I had buried this in the deepest darkest part of my consciousness. Tnx a lot for bringing it back.

[@Skummeh2]

MST3K, RedLetterMedia, and now Honest Trailers all recognizing the greatness that is Gymkata. I had a VHS of it back in the 80s and would rewind the pommel horse scene for all the sick moves. My friend and I tried to mimic some of the attacks on the couch, coffee table, and carpet in front of the TV and failed gloriously. Great memories of the definitive "it's so bad that it's good" movie.

[@imhafdhom]

❌ Gun-Kata ✅ Gym-Kata Please do Equilibrium !

[@Celtic_Blade]

I think this is the earliest I’ve ever been to an honest trailer.

[@shannonardo]

I haven’t seen this before, but now I REALLY want to!!!!

[@adamwebb8114]

The bit with JP2 was perfect, she KO'd that raptor for sure 😂😂😂❤

[@callumbush1]

Greatest action film of all time.

[@Hawk512.]

Putting the assault in somersault!! I knew this would be good and it exceeded expectations!!!

[@spencersmith3482]

There is one shining scene in this movie when they actually did a pretty good job at building suspense. It's when Kurt is totally exhausted and almost about to fall down to the alley full of crazies and everything is in slow motion. Used to freak me out when I was a kid watching this at night on TBS.

[@wesleyswafford2462]

Even though they were edited for television, I remember seeing some really fun movies on TBS. 'Gymkata', 'Beastmaster', the Conan movies, the Predator movies, it felt like they had some really good ones. Oh, didn't they used to do James Bond marathons too, or am I imagining that?

[@AlejandroDiazadiaz201]

"Put your hardware back in your pants" is a line worthy of Andy Sidaris

[@esquilax5563]

This is the best honest trailer in a long time, and I hadn't even heard of this film

[@MikaelBCN]

I'm all in for an Honest Trailer: B movies section

[@wills2140]

But this is a true "D list" movie... Not saying they shouldn't do more, like ; _The Delta Force_ ,or _Missing In Action_ ,or _American Ninja_ ... the possibilities are endless.

[@NorthernWisconsinandStuff]

Rare HT with not a lot of EVG’s talking. Really let’s someone get a feeling for this movie that I never heard of. I am serious, it really lets me get a good feeling of what I missed. TY HT & EVG. Getting even closer to subscribing now.

[@fightingcorsair7297]

Mary Lou Wreckin' had me on the floor.

[@maustjason]

About time! I own this on DVD and VHS (complete with the old style cover that opens like a book).

[@EJK2099]

Non union Mel Brooks 😂😂😂😂 Lost it at that 😅😅

[@Cursed_Mark]

It's good to play the King

[@SomewhatSlightlyBored]

honestly thought it was patrick stewart in heavy make up for a second

[@Cre8Lounge]

Discount Mel Brooks.

[@Cre8Lounge]

​@SomewhatSlightlyred Huh?

[@whom382]

I didn't because the guy looked like dollar store Timothy Dalton.

[@rororororobobobobobo]

Didn't know this movie UNTIL THIS!! But now I had to search it online to stumble upon its glorious cover and to remember having checked out this tape at the local video store, and opting to NOT rent it because it really looked dumb... Now I want to see it HAHAHAH!

[@alexander3364]

I can't wait for that Deadpool and Wolverine Honest Trailer

[@buckaroobanzai7063]

“All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph.” just enjoy the Gymkata trailer. Live in the moment.

[@Fernball21]

Let's all take a moment to thank The Brothers Sun on Netflix for making this Honest Trailer happen!!

[@jakebuttry6242]

Always prefer when u guys do these older ones instead of whatever the newest movie is

[@pannonianfit1582]

and nostalgia critic when he reviews obscure b movies from the 80s and 90s

[@Phil-For-Reel]

Now this is a deep pull. Gymkata is OG

[@bird3713]

I cannot believe this is a real thing. Although some of those fight sequences look honestly pretty sick.

[@dersteffen5948]

Give me the chills with the line "Welcome to PlayPaintChill. You just gained honor +2 for following us ! ".

[@danklo805]

Just seeing the name brought back so many memories. Crazy how this stuck with me all these years.

[@microseism536]

I remember seeing the poster for this movie in the video rental store. It was several months later when I finally got a chance to see it. And it was…. There. I thought I missed something or was too young to get it. Nope.