BMX Bandits

19831983
PGPG
1h 28min

5.5/10

Adventure Crime Drama

A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.

5.5/10

5.3K

Director
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writers
- Patrick Edgeworth
- Russell Hagg(based on a screenplay by)
Stars

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Awards
- 4 nominations

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BMX Bandits

David Argue and John Ley in BMX Bandits (1983)

Nicole Kidman and David Argue in BMX Bandits (1983)

Peter Browne and Linda Newton in BMX Bandits (1983)

Three teenagers discover a stash of walkie talkies and decide to make a quick buck and sell the items. Unfortunately for them, the equipment belongs to a gang of hardened criminals who need them for their next job. They will do anything to get them back. —grantss

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Taglines
- A High Flying Ride To Adventure
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
When they are selling the radios, a girl inquires "do you have any in a different color?". This is a reference to an Australian television program "The Inventors" (the precursor to The New Inventors (2004)) where one of the panelists was renowned for her queries about the colour range of new inventions (as well as whether any particular invention was safe for children). Her questions, "Does it come in any other colors?" and "Is it safe for the kiddies?", were often parodied on Australian television.

Goofs
When the bike is seen going down the water slide, the pedal on the underside has been removed.

Quotes
Judy: [to kidnappers] And they all turned into Zombies!

Crazy credits
Nicole Kidman, James Lugton and Angelo D'Angelo are shown in scenes at the BMX bicycle racetrack during the concluding credits.

Connections
Edited from Tuhon katu (1981)

Soundtracks
I See Boys
(uncredited)
Performed by Petra Gaffney

Top review

10/10

australian bicycle exploitation kid-flick that's wheelie good!

I went to see BMX Bandits when it first came out with an eleventh birthday party gang of mates. We were mostly BMX fanatics and figured we'd be running out of the cinema pulling pretend stunts on our handy imaginary bikes but alas we'd kinda just wheeled out, a little let down. Cut to many years later and I catch it on saturday afternoon TV and that's when I flip. I was too harsh on the pic as a kid coz i thought it pandered to a younger audience but now looking back on my days as a kid it's got some innocent magic like those british children's film foundation pics. Nicole Kidman is a star and her fellow BMX bandits form a fun team but it's the pursuing criminals that steal the show with their manic and obviously improvised actions and dialogue. And hey, any movie that ends with a flour bomb fight on wheels and a huge explosion of foam [which always renders the baddies useless] it's just gotta be top!

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