Die BMX-Bande

Excellent movie. Great stunts. Horrible villains. I'll never forget watching this with my friends. It made us want to catch bad guys and then race bikes. The music is just as much fun. Everyone should see this at least once.

This may be interesting to fans of this movie. Most of the movie was filmed in Manly, NSW, Australia which is a coastal town not far from Sydney. A ferry ride across sydney harbour away, in fact.

The BMX track at the end of the movie, just before the credits roll is actually Hickeys Lane BMX track which was located in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

Penrith is a city west of Sydney and I lived there from 1984 to 1989.

I have fond memories of riding my BMX at Hickeys Lane and it's great to actually see it in a movie.

If you play the BMX track part of the movie slowly, you can see the Blue Mountains in the background behind the park.

In the end credits there is a thank you message to Western Sydney BMX Club. Penrith now has a new BMX track and from what I have read on the internet, Hickeys Lane BMX track is no longer in use.

Regards,

Ashley Irons

BMX Bandits is an Australian story and movie. The local kids who are BMX riders need some cash to buy new bikes after an unfortunate wreck. Three of them in a small boat find a heavy box tied to a rope and submerged, upon confiscating it find it filled with walkie talkies. They figure they can sell them to the local kids to raise some cash.

At the same time a group of crooks had hidden the walkie talkies, special models with a private police band, that they were going to use in a heist. So most of the movie has the crooks chasing the three BMX riders, two boys and a girl, to get the walkie talkies back. As such most of the movie includes slapstick humor and chases through most unlikely places, such as a shopping mall, a Rugby game, a water slide park, a golf course ... in each case narrowly avoiding getting caught. There is also an extended scene at night in a cemetery which didn't really add too much to the story.

So it is just a silly movie, the entertainment value is marginal, maybe mostly for kids. But the reason I watched it is for Nicole Kidman, this is one of her first movies filmed when she just just about to turn 16. For her inexperience she actually does very well in the role and shows the beginning of acting chops which has made her one of the best of her generation.

I found the entire movie on Youtube streaming with no commercials. The movie comes across really well with good cinematography and mostly very vivid colors.

This family film involves three juveniles (including a very tall, very lovely, Nicole Kidman), wacky criminals, and even wackier cops. It reminds me a lot of the films Disney made for TV in the 1970's. Kids of course would not last long against guns, but movies are about living out our fantasies. What better fantasy than fighting crime on BMX while checking out the lovely scenery and lovely Nicole Kidman?

This movie is perfect for a drunken video night at home. Nicole Kidman stars as one of the teenage BMX bandits and a check-out chick at the local supermarket. The kids come across a bunch of stolen walkie-talkies and get caught up with some "nasty" goons. Don't miss the classic going down the Manly waterslides on BMX bikes. Luv Nicole's perm! And the BMX bandits matching outfits! And the goons'"scary" halloween masks!

80's children classic!

A total stinker - but in the "it's so bad it's good" category.

Plus a must see for all those Nicole fans out there.