BMX Bandits

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BMX Bandits

PG

1983

1h 32m

Adventure

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Teens P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy (Nicole Kidman), they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.

Annalena McAfee

Financial Times

The script and plot seemed to be suffering from a severe slow puncture.

Aug 4, 2021

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

The baby-faced Kidman is easily the best thing in it.

Rated: B-

Mar 10, 2011

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Time Out

Obviously made on a TV budget, the plot is weedy, and the film is saved only by some neat stunts and the splendour of the Australian landscape.

Jun 24, 2006

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

Way less yell-y than The Goonies and with a lot of great bike sequences, BMX Bandits also has a theme song you won't be able to get out of your head.

Sep 10, 2021

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Proved Australia could create a kidult movie as slick and entertaining as the best Hollywood had to offer. Plus, it introduced the world to Nicole Kidman.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 17, 2021

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Tracy Moore

Common Sense Media

1980s teen bike adventure with sustained menace, peril.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 28, 2013

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Carlos I

Fun little kidventure movie with a baby faced Nicole Kidman. It's not quite as memorable as I was expecting from a Trenchard-Smith film but it's still lots of fun. The plight the kids go through is pretty silly, but it's to be expected with a kids film like this.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/24/22

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martin b

Monkey see, monkey do ... unoriginal & cringeworthy. Lots of self-congratulatory backslapping from the fishbowl film clique but it's sitting there in the middle of the rug, hot & steaming.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

While the bike chases are actually quite exciting at times with some really good stuntwork and it's fun to see Nicole Kidman in her feature film debut, BMX Bandits is a silly low-budget Australian crime drama with cheesy acting, an even cheesier '80s soundtrack, the aforementioned chase sequences lasting an absurdly long time (ding dong, the excitement is gone) and tons of hilariously dumb moments. Shame Nicole Kidman doesn't like talking about this movie, I'd have loved for her to be more self-deprecating of her involvement in the Australian '80s prototype of Premium Rush.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Aussie adventure flick which launched the career of Nicole Kidman. Some wicked BMX stunts within the film and a few odd laughs but some cardboard acting from a few doesn’t help.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/09/21

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Audience Member

Stupid af. The plot, the acting, the music...all total garbage. The shwishing and shwooshing sounds during action scenes is so ridiculous. Nicole Kidman is cute, but Jesus Christ girl, get some conditioner on that poof you call hair. The only reason I gave it 1.5 stars is because there is some really pretty scenery of Australia.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

This is a special film for me as it was the first movie that I saw at the cinema. I had a choice between this or Lady & the Tramp. I should have chosen the latter. The trailer had these guys going down a waterslide with their BMXs. To the 6 year old me it was simply the coolest thing I had ever witnessed. Still, Nicole Kidman's presence gave me a lifelong attraction to tall redheads

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Angelo D'Angelo

P.J.

James Lugton

Goose

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Whitey

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Synopsis

Teens P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy (Nicole Kidman), they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Producer: Tom Broadbridge, Paul F. Davies
Screenwriter: Patrick Edgeworth
Production Co: Nilsen Premiere
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 7, 2016
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround