The Ice Pirates

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The Ice Pirates

PG,

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.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 12, 2026

2/4

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

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Alan Jones

Starburst

Aug 1, 2022

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

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jun 29, 2015

C+

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

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Nov 10, 2005

1/5

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

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Oct 2, 2005

2/5

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Mar 13, 2005

3/5

Stupid, stupid, stupid... but amusing.

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Hagrid P

Mar 29, 2019

A completely bonkers in like Errol Flynn sci-fi MGM disaster ((It has footage from both Loganï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)s Run and Rollerball (both MGM properties!)) that plays like a weirdly serious Spaceballs.

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Poe S

Mar 28, 2019

Aside from the annoying humor of the disembodied head, it was a crass but enjoyable romp full of space cheese.

Harry R

Dec 2, 2018

Anjelica Huston is great. Otherwise, the movie never decides what it wants to be.

Leia R

Dec 2, 2018

Watched this on tcm....tcm! are you kidding me1?1 SCTV did this in under 8 minutes. This took an hour an a half. Space herpes but no nudity? Just awful and not funny.

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Finn R

Nov 15, 2018

I remember watching this on cable as a kid. I really wish I could say this was a great movie, but I have to acknowledge the nostalgia goggles just aren't that thick. This movie just feels so dated and I feel embarrassed just watching it. But I do own it on DVD and I do watch it about once a year.

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Albus R

Oct 16, 2018

Growing up in the 80s this movie was a mainstay of cable television. Is it objectively good? No, probably not. But if you were a kid growing up in that era it was cheesily awesome on another level. What other movie has space herpes, kung fu robots, a young Ron Perlman, a pimp robot(way before Conan), and a climax involving a 5' afro? This is a truly amazing B-movie.

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Stewart Raffill

Director

Robert Urich

Jason

Mary Crosby

Princess Karina

Michael D. Roberts

Roscoe

Anjelica Huston

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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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