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9/10
Must for car/cinema fans
the_past_is_real169 December 2018
Even if you dont have a deep passion for cars, you can still nerd out on all the behind the scenes work. I loved every episode and Gym 10 was excellent.
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10/10
Every second is awesome
gsusfriek7 December 2018
Without much surprise, the Gymkhana masters have done it bigger and better than ever. It's everything you love to see. Makes you feel like a kid again. Makes you wanna go outside and make something fun, amazing and dangerous. It's not some stupid scripted "real tv" drama. It's pure. Can't say enough about it! Great series. Hope to see something like it again very soon from the Hoon-squad!
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10/10
You've seen the movie, now see how the fu*k they did that.
davidjameskincaid28 August 2019
As a car guy and a TV guy theis series checked all the boxes for me.
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10/10
Brilliant, just brilliant.
mick-253237 December 2018
As a gymkhana fan this series is such a brilliant insight in to what goes in the making a gymkhana video.

Not only is Ken's driving phenomenal again but so is the direction and vision from Scotto.

From the ice in Sweden to the streets of Mexico you're treat with visual delights of the Focus Rs Rx, the hoonicorn, the all new hoonitruck but also my personal favourite the Escort Rs Cosworth, so sit back relax and watch the master at work.
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10/10
Worth the Watch....
faithless473419 July 2021
The work and skill from everyone involved in these videos and their making is incredible and amazing to watch. Absolutely worth watching and you will enjoy this if you enjoy amazing skills and driving.
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5/10
It's Bad
KingCritic23 May 2021
I like cars. And I like racing. But I do not like this show at all.

Now, an unscripted show can be good. Netflix's Drive to Survive is the best example of this. Even though it's clear that Netflix is overdramatizing some aspects and obviously making many drivers to be "villains" when they're not like Max Verstappen. The show is still gripping and entertaining.

The Gymkhana files is just not that. The Gymkhana files is just boring. Ken Block is just making very well choreographed and very well budgeted pictures essentially. And he is clearly talented, and I could never even dream of driving as well as he could but the show just feels empty. Everything happens just because, well, Ken Block is rich.

And this could be interesting in theory if the show developed a point to it. But they never did so. The show just isn't interesting enough to sell me on the idea of "Hey this is how those Gymkhana videos were made"

So I see people are praising it for not being "real tv" but at least real tv is entertaining enough to hold someone's attention for more than an episode and a half. You don't have to follow a plotline to be interesting or well developed. Again "Drive to Survive" is a great example of this.
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1/10
Don't know why it even existed
princeofwhales12 May 2021
Total waste of time, why this even exist. Can't watch it for even 10 mins.
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Same Old, same old.
derek-dainton25 December 2020
Once you've seen one instalment you've seen them all. Different locations but repetitive stunts with grown men using teenage descriptions like Cool, Sick, Rad, etc.
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