(To get an idea of just how terrible-awesome this movie is check out this website, it will show you all of the great suckitude of Gymkata: the last international gymnastics/espionage film you will even need to see! There are animated screen shots and a detailed analysis of crapocity)Gymkata
*****
Oh. Gymkata. Such an awful movie. Such an amazing spectacle. This is the first movie I remember seeing as a kid that I knew was horrible and I loved it for it. It's great to see what a group of people thought would appeal to the masses: an Olympic hero, ninjas, pointless deadly competitions. And how incredibly poorly even these bad ideas are executed (Parallel bars and pommel horses conveniently appear as if from nowhere). The sound effects are way too prominent in the mix, the acting is fantastically wooden. However, the death scenes are worth rewinding over and over and some of the dialogue is amazingly bad "Why don't we just send in special forces?" "Military actions are out of style" Better send in a gymnast/ninja to win the most dangerous, deadly game in the world. "Hear the only sound of axe, cutting air" If you don't mind losing 90 minutes of your life to a horrible movie, give Gymkata a chance, at least for the sake of the poor Flag-Ninjas.
No comments:
Post a Comment