Cool As Ice
1991 Directed by David Kellogg
Synopsis
When a girl has a heart of stone, there's only one way to melt it. Just add Ice.
Johnny, a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician, rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally found by the two corrupt cops he escaped from years ago, who claim he owes them a lot of money.
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I don't care at all that this is probably one of the worst movies ever made. This cinematic masterpiece is by far the best thing that will happen to me this week. It totally failed at not entertaining me, which I'm sure was a huge mistake.
Let me explain my star rating:
1/2 star for the amazingly atrocious use of slow motion at the worst possible times
1/2 star for the audacity of the filmmakers to use this script to remake "Rebel Without a Cause" with a straight face
1/2 star for Vanilla Ice's haircut
1/2 star for his pants in the opening scene
1/2 star for random dance parties that have absolutely no bearing on the plot
1/2 star for the detailed scene featuring a guy preparing and consuming a peanut butter, pickles, sardines, pineapple, and mustard sandwich.
1/2 star for that time when Vanilla Ice spells the word "GO" -
Truly the greatest triumph of the postwar epoch.
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Just watch if you're looking for something completely dumb and with the most nonsense soundtrack EVER. DAT SLOW MOTIONS.
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Man, I was not prepared for this. At all. The colors, the acting, the story, the montages, the rapping, the jackets, the "yep yeps", the motorcycles, the dancing... just... wow. An amazingly inept time capsule from about one week in the early 90s when all these things converged and we collectively lost the creative centers in our minds.
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Cool As Ice is delightfully weird and surreal. Like a waking dream/nightmare, but starring a motorcross racer turned white novelty rapper. You'll be surprised at how charming Vanilla Ice is, and not surprised at how terrible the script given to him is.
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Watched it in Rifftrax mode. I loved (and still enjoy) this film. Rifftrax made it funny but admittedly it was hard not to pay attention to a film I liked.
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Ridiculous. It is hard to watch this film without wanting to slap Vanilla Ice's smug face.
Van Winkle/Vanilla Ice plays 'Johnny' but is indistinguishable from his own persona, surrounded by competent actors his own lack of ability is highlighted but this isn't my main issue. The problem I have is with the plot, too much time is devoted to build up, and what should take up more screen time is over within a matter of minutes. Plays like an overextended music video. Certainly a cheesy, guilty pleasure, if you like that sort of thing.
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The film meanders a lot, and has a lot of sequences that have absolutely no value. There’s a scene in which Johnny’s posse settles down to eat in the house where they’re staying, with all sorts of odd foods; it’s apparently supposed to be comedic, but it’s simply weird. There’s the obligatory “falling in love” montage, but every scene in the montage looks like every other scene. And the scene where Kathy’s family is introduced happens in fast forward for no particular reason. It’s not just that the directing is poor on a technical level… it’s that the directing decisions are bizarre from the get-go. If you really want a good laugh at how bad a film can be, Cool as Ice might be worth checking out. Otherwise, it’s definitely one to avoid. Read full review.
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Just watch if you're looking for something completely dumb and with the most nonsense soundtrack EVER. DAT SLOW MOTIONS.
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Man, I was not prepared for this. At all. The colors, the acting, the story, the montages, the rapping, the jackets, the "yep yeps", the motorcycles, the dancing... just... wow. An amazingly inept time capsule from about one week in the early 90s when all these things converged and we collectively lost the creative centers in our minds.
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Watched it in Rifftrax mode. I loved (and still enjoy) this film. Rifftrax made it funny but admittedly it was hard not to pay attention to a film I liked.
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Watching this with Riff Trax commentary, I kinda like this movie for some reason and its soundtrack, guess its remembering the good ol days. Vanilla Ice and gang break down in a small town. He meets and a lady and try's get her to holla back at him. A fun waste of time
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(I am of course talking about the Rifftrax version) One of cinema's most unfortunate releases meets the notorious crew from MST3K. It's a match made in Heaven as Rip Van's Unapologetic crap fest is almost lovingly ripped and riffed. I don't think I've ever laughed this hard at a Riff before. This flick deserves everything it gets. It really is in a special, yet terrible class of it's own. Recommended
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A really awful film. A film based on Vanilla Ice really has no chance to be good or taken seriously. Vanilla Ice is quite obnoxious and uncharismatic yet some of these characters like him. The acting ranges from passable to bad. The story is all over the place but the main thread isn't anything that hasn't been done before. Despite that I didn't hate it all that much, maybe I'm just nostalgic for the horrible '90s wardrobe and music.
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Hilariously bad.