The Ice Pirates

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The Ice Pirates

PG

Released Mar 16, 1984

1h 31m

Sci-Fi

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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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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

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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

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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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CodyZamboni Z

This movie is cheap, campy, with zero grade fx, no laughs, and no decent action, With lame scenes that rip off Logan's Run and Rollerball. And movie has an abrupt ending, like they ran out of money, That said, nobody in the cast phoned it in, They give their all, Everyone looks like they are having a good time,

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/19/25

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Melissa M

It's definitely no Star Trek or Star Wars. And the story of marauding pirates is nothing new. However an All-Star cast of Robert Urich, Angelica Huston, John Carradine & Ron Perlman makes up for that. In spite of that Some of best acting is from the robots. The part where the pirates bring the animals on board is kind of cute. It's definitely a gross out comedy. It has moments of hilarity. Especially the scene with the unix. And the scene where the pirates are escaping with the princess. If you like your humor on the crude side this film is for you. It's watchable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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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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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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