BMX Bandits

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

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

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.

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.

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.

1980s teen bike adventure with sustained menace, peril.

The Aussies sure have a way with chase films, keeping the moves motivated and logical, with no gratuitous cars flipping over and burning.

... Trenchard-Smith directs the BMX action with high energy and gets a lot of personality and camaraderie from the teen actors.

Just hand Trenchard-Smith explosives, an anamorphic lens, and a game cast, and he'll whip up something appealing, preferably with a saucy Aussie wink.