On the shelf with “Buckaroo Banzai” and “Dark Star” sits “The Ice Pirates,” a completely insane, incoherent mess of a sci-fi comedy that, in the right frame of mind, is somewhat enjoyable. Kung-fu robots, conveyor belt castration factories, space herpes, time warps that do funny things to afros, Bruce Vilanch. There’s a twisted & dark side just below the surface of this movie (a lot of people die for what at first seems like a kid’s movie) and I don’t know if this is some sort of commentary or just sloppy storytelling. Either way: they don’t make ’em like this anymore. But maybe this box has already been checked.
