Gymkata

Gymkata is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse, based on Dan Tyler Moore's 1957 novel The Terrible Game. It stars Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas as Jonathan Cabot, an Olympic gymnast who combines his gymnastic ability with martial arts to enter a deadly competition in a fictional country, Parmistan. Supporting cast members includes Tetchie Agbayani as Princess Rubali, alongside Richard Norton, Edward Bell, John Barrett, Conan Lee, Bob Schott and Buck Kartalian. The film was released in the United States on May 3, 1985.

==Plot== Jonathan Cabot is approached by the Special Intelligence Agency (SIA) to play "the Game". The Game is an athletic competition in the fictional country of Parmistan, a tiny mountain nation in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Parmistan forces all foreigners to play the Game, which is an endurance race with obstacles, all the while being chased by local Parmistan warriors. If a person wins, they are granted their life and a wish. The SIA wants Jonathan to win the game so that he can use his wish to install a US satellite monitoring station, which could monitor all satellites in space and act as an early warning system in case of a nuclear attack. As an extra incentive, Jonathan is also told that his father Colonel Cabot (who went missing) was actually an SIA operative who was sent to play the Game but was never heard from again.