The Ice Pirates

PG

Released Mar 16, 1984

1 hr. 31 min.

Sci-Fi

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17%

12 Reviews

Tomatometer

50%

5,000+ Ratings

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Space raider Jason (Robert Urich) and his sidekick (Michael D. Roberts) help a princess (Mary Crosby) find her father, an explorer seeking water.

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William S

Childhood favorite! I used to watch this on WGN as a kid . It's cheesy and corny. But alot of fun . Total classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Doug H

It's actually a decent movie. It is cliche, but entertaining.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/24

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J D

Just s fun movie. A time capsule of movie cinema's.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/23

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Joseph N

It is a really good movie and Rotten Tomatoes dose not know a good movie when they see it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Kathy C

I loved it when I was 32 and I still love it forty years later. Campy fun and visually dazzling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/23

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harry r

Death Star, no Death Star Force, No Force Star Destroyer, No Star Destroyer Hi Tech Robots, Low Tech Robots Butch Princess, Feminine Princess. Bossy Princess, Firm Princess Attractive Princess, Hot Princess No Royalty, Royalty Rebels, No Rebels Wookie, no wookie Fun Clean movie, Fun Dirty movie As for Light Sabers and Sword, that is comparing any ray gun to pistols. Does that make any future movie a western? The in fighting and name calling that the movie studio execs had at the time did a huge disservice to this movie. Their labelling that this was a Star War like movie also does not fit and yet, it seems to carry weight with people when it has no merit. The better analogy would be a comparison to Battlestar Galactica in terms of finding Earth. I would be surprised if this version is not as good as the original version of the script. Since they rewrote it due to the infighting, I am willing to bet, it was not as good as the first. It is a shame that this movie was never given the chance and never got the recognition from the audience it deserved. I rather enjoyed the flow of the movie and the interaction with the androids as a side line. This movie had a lot of lost potential by being made under such a hostile environment. The corporate office is at fault for this movie not having done better. It was a completely different take than Star Trek, Star Wars, or any other fan favorite move then or now.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Stewart Raffill

Director

Robert Urich

Jason

Mary Crosby

Princess Karina

Michael D. Roberts

Roscoe

Anjelica Huston

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John Matuszak

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Alan Jones

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Ice Pirates is silly, crude, inventive fun that is good- natured and off-the-wall enough to produce a rollicking good time.

Aug 1, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

For a far superior mix of science fiction and satire, just watch Mel Brooks' Spaceballs again.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 30, 2016

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Crudely settles for being a low-level goofy spoof of Star Wars.

Rated: C+

Jun 29, 2015

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

The robot pimp made me laugh, and that's it.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 10, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Oct 2, 2005

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Stupid, stupid, stupid... but amusing.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 13, 2005

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Synopsis

Space raider Jason (Robert Urich) and his sidekick (Michael D. Roberts) help a princess (Mary Crosby) find her father, an explorer seeking water.

Director: Stewart Raffill
Screenwriter: Stewart Raffill, Stanford Sherman
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 1984, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016

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