# Movie Title Help **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-help/230014 "2004-02-19T15:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-help/230014/1 "2004-02-19T15:14:29Z")
I’m trying to remember a movie I used to see on cable ALL the time when I was in college. It seemed to always be playing whenever I went to a certain bar - and I never heard any of the dialogue because the music was too loud. Plot summary: A man is trapped on island, and must fight the entire town population to survive. No one seems to be able to talk, and the town seems to have gone crazy. There are a good amount of pitchforks involved, and many instances of the main character fending off dozens of people at a time. It didn’t appear to be an asian movie. What a horrible job of trying to describe the movie! But I’m sure the SDMB is up for the challenge. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-help/230014/2 "2004-02-19T15:54:40Z")
If I remember correctly, the guy stuck in the village with the wacky villagers is an American gymnast. In one part, just as he’s about to be skewered, he’s saved by a guy who, I believe, is supposed to be his long-lost father. [Gymkata](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/maindetails). It’s an older '80s movie, right? And he’s participating in some kind of contest with the “referees” riding horses? I think this might be it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-help/230014/3 "2004-02-19T16:00:12Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > If I remember correctly, the guy stuck in the village with the wacky villagers is an American gymnast. In one part, just as he’s about to be skewered, he’s saved by a guy who, I believe, is supposed to be his long-lost father. > > [Gymkata](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/maindetails). It’s an older '80s movie, right? And he’s participating in some kind of contest with the “referees” riding horses? > > I think this might be it. How the hell did you come up with a movie that, with more votes, would be on IMDB one of the 100 worst movies ever made? Genius. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-help/230014/4 "2004-02-19T16:07:02Z")
I love you SkipMagic. That’s gotta be it. There can’t be two movies like this out there, it would certainly signify the end of civilization. Parmistan? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-help/230014/5 "2004-02-19T16:38:34Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > How the hell did you come up with a movie that, with more votes, would be on IMDB one of the 100 worst movies ever made? Genius. It’s nice to be loved, **Munch**! 😃 When I was a kid, **don’t ask** , I loved watching ninja movies. And since the '80s was supersaturated with ninja movies (especially the _American Ninja_ series and [_The Master_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086756/plotsummary)–a television show starring an old Lee Van Cleef), I automatically tuned into any show with what appeared to be ninja-coolness. So, one day, I was flipping (unfortunately, not like a ninja) through the channels on a Saturday afternoon and I came across the scene in Gymkata where our hero has discovered the village he’s stuck in is replete with hidden gymnastic bars. The pitchforks were cool, too. It’s too bad, though, that the village scene (and the one before it) was all I caught, because I sure wanted to find out what happened. 🙂