Cool as Ice

Cool As Ice (1991)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (4,348 ratings)

The leader of a motorcycle gang (rapper Vanilla Ice) falls in love with a small-town girl (Kristen Minter) and finds out that while her family is involved in the Witness Protection Program, they are being pursued by corrupt cops. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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In Theaters
Oct 18, 1991 Wide
On DVD
Dec 19, 1991
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    The lifeless music and dance sequences in which the rapper performs with his crew have the feel of low-budget video clips that have been inserted almost by mistake.

  • Richard Harrington, Washington Post

    Having established that he can't rap or dance, Vanilla Ice now adds acting to his resume -- call it the tri-imperfecta of pop.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Favorite lines: "Drop that zero and get with the hero ... You live your life for someone else -- you ain't livin' ..."

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    This one is absolutely pricless in its awfulness.

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    The most brilliantly insane pop-star movie ever, lensed by Spielberg regular Janusz Kaminski and loaded with stylistic strangeness. Ice Rules!

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Marc L


    This was High School Musical before High School Musical, and for those who know me, that;s definatley NOT a good thing. The plot was stupid, the acting was horrible and the script could have been made by a monkey (Or an HSM fan, but I honestly believe you could get better results from… More

  • Alexis N


    Oh man was this bad, but it was bad in that 90's way. The acting is the worst I've seen in a long time. Just awful. I'm not going to lie, it brought back my long standing 1st grade crush on Vanilla Ice.

  • Devon B


    "Cool As Ice" was a cheaply made, train-wreck of a movie created for the sole purpose of capitalizing on rapper Vanilla Ice's fleeting fame. Very few careers survived in Hollywood after being involved with this movie, which was directed by a man (David Kellogg) whose… More

  • Quinto W


    This was't as bad as I expected it to be. I mean, yes, it's absolutely inept in every single aspect, but it didn't make me laugh as much as I would have liked. The good thing is that it goes by pretty fast, I did not even notice when it was over.

  • Leo L


    HA HA HA HA!!! Now, here's a blast from the past. OH my gosh, this is definitely a movie from my childhood. Boy, was I into this movie then. Still love the soundtrack!

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