Reckless Kelly (1993)

"Reckless Kelly is the Australian Robin Hood". Kelly is a bank robber, a pop-culture hero and video shop owner. This modern story tells how he is furious when a Japanese company wants to ... See full summary »

Director:

Yahoo Serious

Writers:

Lulu Pinkus, David Roach,

Stars:

Yahoo Serious, Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yahoo Serious	...	Ned Kelly
Melora Hardin	...	Robin Banks
Alexei Sayle	...	Major Wib
Hugo Weaving	...	Sir John
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Delance
John Pinette	...	Sam Delance
Bob Maza	...	Dan Kelly
Martin Ferrero	...	Ernie the Fan
Anthony Ackroyd	...	Joe Kelly
Tracy Mann	...	Miss Twisty
Max Walker	...	Newsreader
Adam Bowen	...	Bank Teller Marcel
Warren Coleman	...	Hollywood Bank Teller
Tyler Coppin	...	Hollywood Bank Teller
Andrew Bilgore	...	Movie Director

Storyline

"Reckless Kelly is the Australian Robin Hood". Kelly is a bank robber, a pop-culture hero and video shop owner. This modern story tells how he is furious when a Japanese company wants to buy his band's farm.

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Plot Keywords:

australia | bagpipes | hollywood sign | hollywood california | helicopter | 

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Taglines:

The incredible untold story of the greatest outlaw of all time.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 May 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Robin Hood Junior

Filming Locations:

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Gross:

$203,602 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Serious Entertainment, Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

No fly was harmed during the making of this motion picture.

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Connections

Referenced in 20 to 1: Great Aussie Movies (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Djapana"
by Yothu Yindi

User Reviews

A must for daft comedy fans

Serious humour may well be a bit of an acquired taste, it's cheesy and juvenile (not in a Farrelly brothers sick kind of way, more just silly really, with lots of rock'n'roll'n'motorbikes thrown in) but I laugh like a crazy man every time I see this. It is a bit disjointed in parts but overall is a worthy successor to the great Young Einstein, particularly the visuals which in parts are quite stunning, I'd love to see this in a cinema or at least in widescreen on a really massive TV, it's quite beautiful really. Serious again plays a lead who aims at supercool but comes over more as cute, in a cute-little-puppy kind of way, Alexei Sayle and Hugo Weaving (of Matrix fame) make good villains and our hero's trip to Hollywood is magnificently over-the-top. A real treat for the initiated, others should give it a go, you might just end up loving it.