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BMX Bandits

1983 · 92 min · Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith ★ IMDb 5.5 · 6,806 ratings

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Teens P.J. and Goose get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy, they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.

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BMX Bandits (1983) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Tension 25%, Joy 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Joy18%
  2. Humor12%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Joy. Genres: Drama, Crime, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Excitement
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Tension
Excitement
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionExcitementHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension57 %53 %22 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity49 %35 %21 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity46 %23 %29 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity48 %30 %34 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Tension51 %45 %29 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension56 %53 %26 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Humor55 %44 %29 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Humor57 %43 %27 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Tension66 %60 %26 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension69 %69 %36 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Tension64 %63 %48 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Excitement57 %50 %48 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Humor57 %43 %48 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Humor57 %43 %48 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Humor56 %44 %48 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Excitement63 %51 %56 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Excitement70 %64 %63 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Tension73 %72 %63 %37 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JL
James Lugton

AD
Angelo D'Angelo

DA
David Argue

DA
David Argue

Whitey

JL
John Ley

BS
Brian Sloman

PB
Peter Browne

BB
Bill Brady

LN
Linda Newton

BH
Bob Hicks

Heavy #1

GN
Guy Norris

Heavy #2

CH
Chris Hession

Heavy #3

NH
Norman Hodges

The Drunk at cimetery

TW
Tracy Wallace

Buxom Lady (as Tracey Wallace)

AA
Anthony Alafaci

Fat Kid

GB
Geoffrey Brown

Worker

GC
Gavin Critchley

Frasers Foam Man #1

JM
Jack Morton

Frasers Foam Man #2

TB
Tom Broadbridge

Trophy Presenter (uncredited)

Details

Written by
Patrick Edgeworth
Type
Movies
Released
1983
Runtime
92 min
Country
Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 6,806 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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