Star Wars meets Dune meets Pirates of the Caribean meets...a robot pimp.
Filmed in 1984, hopping on that Sci-Fi band wagon, The Ice Pirates is really quite dire. Thing is, with cult films, especially the sci-fi variety, you kinda need to have witnessed their 'glory' in your formative years...hence why I'll never hear a bad thing said about Tremors.
Plot: The Templars control whats left of the Galaxies water supply, as a result, folk steal their shipments...Ice Pirates. Well, mid-theft, said pirates try to abduct a princess, but get caught, then escape, then go looking for a mythical planet with more water.
This film uses almost all the ideas that came before and except for the afore mentioned 'pimp-bot', there's little to entice a new viewer...maybe the rather saucy line 'Ooooh, it's so hard?!'
Fun Fact: Co-stars Anjelica Huston and Ron Perlman.
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