BMX BANDITS (1983)
BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH
Plot
A seventeen year old Nicole Kidman stars in this Aussie kids' crime caper as Judy, who along with her friends PJ and Goose inadvertently steal a box of walkie-talkies belonging to a group of bungling bank robbers. With both the police and the inept criminals on their tails' they BMX their way out of trouble, jumping fruit barrows, weaving through crowds and even riding down a giant water-chute. With the cast following the Chuckle Brothers' method of acting and the BMX stunts being a bit so-so, this film is almost so bad it's good almost. (Dave T really liked this movie and objects to the above review on almost every point. A blatant inspiration for Kathryn Bigelow's 'Point Break', and as a result the seminal 'The Fast and The Furious'.)