The Ice Pirates (1984)
A space comedy on the rocks.
Director: Stewart Raffill.
Starring: Mary Crosby (Princess Karina), Angelica Houston (Maida),
Ron Perlman (Zeno), Michael D. Roberts (Roscoe), Robert Urich (Jason).
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
(sound familiar), water has become the most precious commodity (this has got to
sound familiar) and a small minority control its distribution (what a surprise,
just have a heart attack and die from that surprise). A group of ice pirates
(water renegades?…wet bandits?...oh wait, that last one’s been used) try to
discover the route to a fabled unlimited supply of water with a lovely but
spoiled (Druish?) princess en tow and a group of idiots…er…despicable villains
in pursuit.
This movie has the potential to be a really
great comedic parody ("Star Wars," David Lynch's "Dune")
but was just not handled correctly. It goes for, I believe the term is,
"low brow" humor. It doesn’t really succeed in being all that funny
which is a shame since it has Houston, Perlman and Urich, who aren’t exactly
slackers in the acting department.
Definitely a rental and definitely have a
drink straight up.
First published in 2004 on The Perlman Pages.
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