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BMX Bandits
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Classic 1983 Australian children's film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (of The Man from Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot, Dead End Drive-In and Leprechaun fame.) Notable for being the big-screen debut of Nicole Kidman.Two BMX bikers, P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) and a friend of theirs named Judy (Kidman) want nothing more than a BMX bike track to be built. To raise money, the three salvage a carton from the local docks. Inside they find some walkie-talkies, which they hope to sell. Unfortunately, the walkie-talkies are set to the frequency of a police station and were stashed on the dock by a gang of bank-robbers planning to use them to eavesdrop on the police. So a pair of Bumbling Criminals are sent to talk to the kiddies and get the walkie-talkies back. This culminates in a lengthy foot/car/bike chase about Sydney. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Kid Hero | |
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Kid Heroes: Well, actually technically young teens. | |
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Impersonating an Officer | |
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Impersonating an Officer: Mustache and Dwayne pose as plainclothes undercover officers in order to get Judy to talk. Judy quickly realizes that they're not and plays along long enough for her friends to show up. During a chase at the mall, they're able to con quite a few people who they run into that they really are police officers. This includes Judy's ex-boss in a bit of Laser-Guided Karma. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Mustache, when they chase the kids through the cemetery. Fortunately, Dwayne is prepared for that. The Boss, who has orchestrated multiple bank robberies, and has taken a kid as a hostage to ensure their latest job isn't disrupted, is genuinely disturbed by the kind of films that Judy has been describing. | |
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Unabashed B-Movie Fan | |
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Unabashed B-Movie Fan: Goose is a fan of slasher movies with titles like Kiss the Blood Off My Carburetor, and keeps regaling his friends with their plots. Judy later regales the crooks with a made-up one to distract them. | |
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You Dirty Rat! | |
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You Dirty Rat!: When Judy hides from the goons in an open grave, she has to deal with a huge rat at the bottom of it. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: Mustache and Dwayne plan to kill Judy by making it look like she drowned by accident once she gives up the location of the walkie-talkies. When Judy stonewalls them, Mustache loses patience and just wants to beat it out of her. Fortunately, she escapes at this point. When The Boss sees The Cavalry show up, who are all kids, his first response is to have his men arm themselves with clubs and guns "to put the frighteners on them". Fortunately, Judy manages to shut the trunk the guns are stored in and throw the car keys away before they can grab them. The kids rush the ones with the clubs so quickly that they can't get a hit in. | |
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Crazy-Prepared | |
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Mustache, when they chase the kids through the cemetery. Fortunately, Dwayne is prepared for that. | |
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Fat Bastard | |
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Fat Bastard: There's the obligatory nasty fat kid who annoys the protagonists. He's even listed in the credits as "Fat Kid". | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: Dwayne. He at least has the decency to thank the people he's robbing for their cooperation and even compliments one of the bank teller's outfits on the way out. | |
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Pragmatic Villainy | |
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Pragmatic Villainy: The Boss. His robberies are all well-planned. His decision to take a job only a few days after the last one is due to the high value of their target.note It's worth a quarter of a million Australian dollars for each robber. Assuming 15% each robber and 25% for The Boss, that's over $1.5 million Australian dollars. With inflation, that's over $5.6 million Australian or $3.5 million US in 2022. Each robber would get $900k Australian while The Boss would get over $1.1 million. Or over 500k US for each robber and close to 750k for The Boss. The payroll job itself is also well-planned and requires that they monitor the police chatter to escape. Hence why they need the walkie-talkies. His decision to kidnap Judy is to ensure that her friends don't call the police on them and interfere with their latest job. | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: Dwayne, who carries a large cooler with him when he and Mustache go on a speedboat to do a pickup. | |
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Spanner in the Works | |
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Spanner in the Works: The three protagonists unwittingly stealing their shipment of walkie talkies at the bad guys' dead-drop is what propels the entire plot. Otherwise, the payroll job would've gone off without a hitch. | |
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Laughably Evil | |
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Laughably Evil: Mustache and Dwayne. They're bank robbers, and good at it, but they're both bumbling fools when they chase down the three protagonists to get their walkie talkies. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: David Argue (Dwayne) and John Wey (Mustache) steal the show as the bad guys. | |
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Free-Range Children | |
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Free-Range Children: The young teen heroes ride all over Sydney without any parental supervision at all. And some of the characters in the bike cavalry are even younger, and equally unsupervised. | |
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Cool Car | |
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Cool Car: Mustache's black 1972 Ford LTDsedan with sunroof, U.S. Alloy 5-slot wheels and custom exhaust. The poor thing turns into The Alleged Car after Dwayne wrecks it while chasing the protagonists. | |
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'80s Hair | |
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'80s Hair: Judy/Kidman. | |
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The Family for the Whole Family | |
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The Family for the Whole Family: Kids pursued by Stupid Crooks, and outrunning them on bikes even when the bad guys are in cars. It's even Lamp Shaded by Dwayne at one point. | |
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Villainous Breakdown | |
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Villainous Breakdown: Mustache has one after not only losing the threesome, but realizing the damage that Dwayne has done to his car from his horrible driving and lays into him. The Boss has one when they're mobbed by a bunch of kids, ruining the payroll job, and lays into Dwayne and Mustache during their escape. | |
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Cool Bike | |
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Cool Bike: BMX Product Placement is all over the place in this movie. | |
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Cool Boat | |
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Cool Boat: Mustache and Dwayne have a sweet speedboat with a souped-up V8. | |
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The Cavalry | |
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When The Boss sees The Cavalry show up, who are all kids, his first response is to have his men arm themselves with clubs and guns "to put the frighteners on them". Fortunately, Judy manages to shut the trunk the guns are stored in and throw the car keys away before they can grab them. The kids rush the ones with the clubs so quickly that they can't get a hit in. | |
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Watch the Paint Job | |
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Watch the Paint Job: Mustache's LTD starts out as a black, sinister muscle sedan; ignoring the flotsam and jetsam that spills out every time they open a door. By the end of the film, it's been through the wringer thanks to Dwayne. | |
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Drives Like Crazy | |
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Drives Like Crazy: Dwayne, who doesn't even have a drivers license. Not that Mustache does any better. | |
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Vehicle Title: Named after the BMX bikes the kids ride. | |
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