A tepid sci-fi retread in the unmistakable mold of "Star Wars," "The Ice Pirates was a big-budget production in the early 1980s that attempted to capitalize on the outer-space mania that George Lucas created in 1977. The film's title refers to the scarcity of water in the future, causing wars to erupt over H2O. As a consequence, cells of intergalactic pirates sprung up, with their preferred booty being ice.
The Ice Pirates (1984)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
A tepid sci-fi retread in the unmistakable mold of "Star Wars," "The Ice Pirates was a big-budget production in the early 1980s that attempted to capitalize on the outer-space mania that George Lucas created in 1977. The film's title refers to the scarcity of water in the future, causing wars to erupt over H2O. As a consequence, cells of intergalactic pirates sprung up, with their preferred booty being ice.