Gymkata

Gymkata

The skill of gymnastics, the kill of karate.

R 1985 · 90 min · ★ 5.3 · Action, Drama

U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan.

Directed by Robert Clouse · Written by Charles Robert Carner

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