TWO teenage rebels don a clown and a werewolf mask, arm themselves with a circus hooter spray gun and whizz around the Southern Highlands on a little Japanese motorcycle.
Like modern-day Highwaymen – think 1980s Yoppers meets two plookey Robin Hoods – Will and Ronnie (Vince Friell and Joe Mullaney) proceed to rob tourist buses, sharing the spoils with the poor and the needy – and their wee sister’s pals.
Daft film premise, eh? Then how come Restless Natives has not only been screened recently on BBC iPlayer, it’s also been released for streaming by StudioCanal.
And, pandemic permitting, there are plans afoot to turn the 1985 comedy into a musical theatre show, the music backdrop being the songs of iconic Scots rockers Big Country.