History Film / BMXBandits

''(while still spinning the car around with tires screeching and Dawyne standing up through the sunroof)''\\

Two BMX bikers, P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) want nothing more than to build a BMX track. While out on a ride, they accidentally crash their bikes into a line of shopping trolleys that are pushed into their path by a bully. They meet Judy (Kidman), who is saving up money to buy her own BMX bike. After losing her job due to the accident, the three look for another way to raise money to buy new equipment. While trying to harvest shellfish from the local docks, they come across a submerged water-tight box. Inside, they find dozens of walkie-talkies, which they test and later sell. Unfortunately, the walkie-talkies are set to the local police band, which attracts police attention. Worse, the docks are a dead drop meant for a gang of [[BankRobbery bank-robbers]] planning to use them to avoid the police during a high-value, now-or-never payroll job. Two of the gang, a pair of Bumbling Criminals--Mustache and Dwayne Whitey--originally tasked with retrieving the walkie-talkies, track down the trio to get their equipment back. This culminates in a lengthy foot/car/bike chase about UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}.

''(he takes both hands off the wheel and looks away to close the sunroof to Mustache's horror)''
-->'''Dwayne:''' ''(while surveying the damage)'' Not bad, considering.

-->'''Mustache:''' I am ''not'' going into a cemetery dressed as a pig!\\

''(cue crooks crashing right through the door in their car inside an open, abandoned, warehouse)''

-->'''Dwayne:''' ''(while surveying the damage)'' Not bad, considering.

* ChaseScene: The climax involves a lengthy chase around Sydney, with stunts such as taking the BMX bikes down a water slide.

* CoolCar: Mustache's black 1972 Ford [=LTD=]sedan with sunroof, U.S. Alloy 5-slot wheels and custom exhaust. The poor thing turns into TheAllegedCar after Dwayne wrecks it while chasing the protagonists.

Two BMX bikers, P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) want nothing more than to build a BMX track. While out on a ride, they accidentally crash their bikes into a line of shopping trolleys that are pushed into their path by a bully. They meet Judy (Kidman), who is saving up money to buy her own BMX bike. After losing her job due to the accident, the three look for another way to raise money to buy new equipment. While trying to harvest shellfish from the local docks, they come across a submerged water-tight box. Inside, they find dozens of walkie-talkies, which they test and later sell. Unfortunately, the walkie-talkies are set to the local police band, which attracts police attention. Worse, the docks are a dead drop meant for a gang of [[BankRobbery bank-robbers]] planning to use them to avoid the police during a high-value, now-or-never payroll job. Two of the gang, a pair of Bumbling Criminals originally tasked with retrieving the walkie-talkies, track down the trio to get their equipment back. This culminates in a lengthy foot/car/bike chase about UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}.

Two BMX bikers, P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) want nothing more than to build a BMX track. While out on a ride, they accidentally crash their bikes into a line of shopping trolleys that are pushed into their path by a bully. They meet Judy (Kidman), who is saving up money to buy her own BMX bike. After losing her job due to the accident, the three look for another way to raise money to buy new equipment. While trying to harvest shellfish from the local docks, they come across a submerged water-tight box. Inside, they find dozens of walkie-talkies, which they test and later sell. Unfortunately, the walkie-talkies are set to the local police band, which attracts police attention. Worse, the docks are a dead drop meant for a gang of [[BankRobbery bank-robbers]] planning to use them to avoid the police during a high-value, now-or-never payroll job. Two of the gang, a pair of BumblingCriminals originally tasked with retrieving the walkie-talkies, track down the trio to get their equipment back. This culminates in a lengthy foot/car/bike chase about UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}.

Two BMX bikers, P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton) want nothing more than to build a BMX track. While out on a ride, they accidentally crash their bikes into a line of shopping trolleys that are pushed into their path by a bully. They meet Judy (Kidman), who is saving up money to buy her own BMX bike. After losing her job due to the accident, the three look for another way to raise money to buy new equipment. While trying to harvest shellfish from the local docks, they come across a submerged water-tight box. Inside, they find dozens of walkie-talkies, which they test and later sell. Unfortunately, the walkie-talkies are set to the local police band, which attracts police attention. Worse, the docks are a dead drop meant for a gang of [[BankRobbery bank-robbers]] planning to use them to avoid the police during a high-value, now-or-never payroll job. Two of the gang, a pair of Bumbling Criminals originally tasked with retrieving the walkie-talkies, track down the trio to get their equipment back. This culminates in a lengthy foot/car/bike chase about UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}.

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 [[BankRobbery bank-robbers]] planning to use them to eavesdrop on the police. So a pair of [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily 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 UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}.

* CoolCar: Mustache's black 1972 Ford [=LTD=]sedan with sunroof, mag wheels and custom exhaust. The poor thing turns into TheAllegedCar after Dwayne wrecks it while chasing the protagonists.

-->'''Dwayne:''' I had a little trouble with the handbrake but, uh, not bad.\\

-->'''Dwayne:''' I like red!

-->'''Dwayne:''' Can't drive with the window open, mate.\\

* VillainousBreakdown: The criminal leader has one when they're mobbed by a bunch of kids, ruining the payroll job, and lays into Dwayne and Mustache during their escape.

* WatchThePaintJob: Mustache's [=LTD=] starts out as a black, sinister muscle sedan. By the end of the film, it's been through the wringer thanks to Dwayne.

-->'''Mustache:''' ''(wearing a pig mask and holding several people at gun point)'' You are staring ''death'' in the ''face''!

* EvenEvilHasStandards: 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.

* CoolCar: Mustache's black 1972 Ford Galaxy sedan with sunroof, mag wheels and custom exhaust. The poor thing turns into TheAllegedCar after Dwayne wrecks it while chasing the protagonists.

* PragmaticVillainy: 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.[[/note]] 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.

* UnabashedBMovieFan: 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 one to distract them.

* PragmaticVillainy: 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. The payroll job itself is 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.

* VillainousBreakdown: The criminal leader has one when they're mobbed by a bunch of kids, ruining the payroll job, and calls out his Dwayne and Mustache during their escape.

'''Judy's Ex-Boss:''' Hey, that's fair!\\

* PragmaticVillainy: 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. His decision to kidnap Judy is to ensure that her friends don't call the police on them and interfere with their latest job.

* UnabashedBMovieFan: Goose is a fan of slasher movies with titles like ''Kiss the Blood Off My Tyre Iron'', and keeps regaling his friends with their plots. Judy later regales the crooks with one to buy more time.

* VillainousBreakdown: The criminal leader has one when they're mobbed by a bunch of kids and calls out his two lackies during their escape.

* TemptingFate:
-->'''Goose''' Who ''are'' those freaks?
-->'''Judy:''' Well, I can tell you one thing, they're definitely not cops.
-->'''P.J.''' Well, don't worry, they can't get at us in here.
-->''(cue crooks crashing right through the door in their car)''

-->'''Dwayne:''' I ''love'' '''red'''!

* AffiablyEvil: Dwayne. He at least as 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.

* LaughablyEvil: 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.

** When The Boss sees TheCavalry show up, who are all kids, his first response is to have his men arm themselves with clubs and guns. 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.

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: Kids pursued by StupidCrooks, and outrunning them on bikes even when the bad guys are in cars. It's even LampShaded by one Dwayne at one point.

** 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 is aching to just beat it out of her.
** When The Boss sees TheCavalry show up, who are all kids, his first response is to have his men arm themselves with clubs and guns. 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 and pelt the ones with the clubs with flour so quickly that they can't get a hit in.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Dwayne, who doesn't even have a license. Not that Mustache does any better.

''(he takes both hands off the wheel and looks away to close the sunroof to Mustache's horror)''\\
''(while trying to get them in a warehouse, which mainly consists of Mustache mostly spinning his car around whenever he misses them)''\\

''(he takes both hands off the wheel and looks away to close the sunroof to Mustache's horror)''

-->''(while trying to get them in a warehouse, which mainly consists of Mustache mostly spinning his car around whenever he misses them)''\\
'''Dwayne:''' What are you doin', mate, are you tryin' to make 'em dizzy?!\\
''(while still spinning the car around with tires screeching and Dawyne standing up through the sunroof)''\\
'''Dwayne:''' '''Stop!!!''' I'm gonna be ''sick'' in a minute!!! We've lost the children!!!\\
''(later, just after narrowly hitting them)''\\

-->'''Dwayne:''' You can't drive with the window open, mate.\\

* WouldHurtAChild: When The Boss sees TheCavalry show up, who are all kids, his first response is to have his men arm themselves with clubs and guns. 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 and pelt the ones with the clubs with flour so quickly that they can't get a hit in.