# What was this terrible movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289 "2013-12-27T15:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **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:** [December 27, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/1 "2013-12-27T15:57:20Z")
I want to say I’ve asked this before, but I can’t find it… Anyway, in the mid 90s, it seemed to be on late night cable TV every weekend. At least, it always seemed to be playing in the background of one of my favorite bars, but it was on mute. The “plot” seemed to revolve around a blonde-haired man who stumbled upon an old village. After spending some time there, the village suddenly revolts against him, and he has to kung-fu his way through the streets while the possessed townspeople slowly shamble their way through the streets trying to cut the guy off. And that went on for about an hour. It was very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/2 "2013-12-27T15:59:18Z")
Sounds vaguely like [Gymkata](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/), which tended to play endlessly there for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/3 "2013-12-27T15:59:24Z")
Was the cast American? English? Other? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/4 "2013-12-27T16:00:07Z")
Sounds vaguely like The Wicker Man, but that movie was pretty good. Unless you mean the Nic Cage version, which sucked, but didn’t come out until much more recently. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/5 "2013-12-27T17:01:36Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Sounds vaguely like [Gymkata](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/), which tended to play endlessly there for a while. Yup, that’s gotta be it. Here’s one of the [worst fight scenes in cinematic history](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYaNj_VBSKE#t=4319). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/6 "2013-12-27T19:02:20Z")
Wow I remember when that movie came out and I saw the ads and I thought, “That’s look bad. I will not watch it.” But I had no idea it was THAT BAD. It just keeps getting worse. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/7 "2013-12-27T19:11:14Z")
The Red Letter Media guys watched Gymkata in a [Wheel of the Worst](http://youtu.be/o4HOlhADlZo) episode. (The third one they review in the link). If you haven’t seen them before, they’re the ones that did the Plinkett reviews that cut TNG and the Star Wars Prequels to ribbons, and their normal movie reviews and Wheel of the Worst episodes are also hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/8 "2013-12-27T20:16:41Z")
[Must reading](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/gymkata/) for fans/fearers of _Gymkata_. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/9 "2013-12-27T21:12:10Z")
This is a fantastic movie, easily one of the best of the worst. Pommel horse, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-terrible-movie/677289/10 "2013-12-27T21:16:27Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > The Red Letter Media guys watched Gymkata in a [Wheel of the Worst](http://youtu.be/o4HOlhADlZo) episode. (The third one they review in the link). > > If you haven’t seen them before, they’re the ones that did the Plinkett reviews that cut TNG and the Star Wars Prequels to ribbons, and their normal movie reviews and Wheel of the Worst episodes are also hilarious. Their Wheel of the Worst show is the best thing they offer. Their Christmas special the other night was hilarious.