The Ice Pirates

PG

Released Mar 16, 1984

1h 31m

Sci-Fi

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12 Reviews

50%

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5,000+ Ratings

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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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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Brigadier B

Classic sci-fi cheese. I've loved this movie since childhood.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/24

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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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Stewart Raffill

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Robert Urich

Jason

Mary Crosby

Princess Karina

Michael D. Roberts

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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
Producer: John Foreman
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
Runtime: 1h 31m

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