Rate Points :4.5
Binding :VHS Tape
Label :Universal Home Video
Manufacturer :Universal Home Video
ProductGroup :Video
Studio :Universal Home Video
Publisher :Universal Home Video
UPC :096898120432
EAN :9786302261585
Price :$92.99USD
Lowest Price :$199.90USD
Customer ReviewsStunning remake of Fritz Langs "Kalt wie Eis"
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :6
This film is of course a remake of Langs 1930 masterpiece "Kalt wie Eis", which portrayed the descent of German racecar driver Udo Weissjunge into the debauched underworld of Weimar Germany and his eventual triumph over the scathing press which denounced him. Cool As Ice remains true to Langs expressionist vision and style, but goes further into what might be defined as a Dadaist outlook, turning art on its head and reveling in the "anti-art". The wild colors and styles, along with the random and fragmented dialogue, mock the post industrial, information producing west and its dependence on order and logic. This certainly does not suggest the film is illogical, because even at its most absurd, the commentary becomes clear when viewed in its totality.
Dmitri Shostakovich composed music for an animated version of Alexander Pushkins tale "The Priest and His Worker Balda", and rather than have the music conform to the film, the film conformed to the music. Director David Kellogg wisely adheres to this idea and allows the eternal Mr. Ice to shape the films direction and properly represent the concept of the humanist serf indentured to his principles. Ice is on a quest for universal morality, and rather than reverting to the comfort which faith and idealism offer to the weaker of the species, he commands his camp followers to "drop the zero and get with the hero". Is he referring to the ancient hero as an exemplar or the more modern, flawed hero? Mr. Ice leaves this open to interpretation, but it is clear he demands more than just casual contemplation, both from his on screen contemporaries and from his audience. The fact that this critically acclaimed work did not win best picture is clear proof of the bankruptcy of the Oscar committee.
ICE ICE BABY-TOO COLD, TOO COLD!!
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Always being a closet vanilla ice fan, I had this movie along time ago and like everyone else I LOVE IT! I have to say the reviews here made me laugh so hard I was crying, it was so great, and made me remeber how crazy stupid and funny this movie is. I know its lame, but its the best kind of lame, not taking itself serious, and since Rob is huge now from Surreal Life and the SL games, he is awesome as a heavy metel singer! ICE ICE BABY, TOO COLD, TOO COLD!! anyways yes this movie has the best lines, drop that zero, all of them, priceless!!! I WOULD PAY $1000 BUCKS FOR THIS MOVIE! Just joking, but still want to own this, also if looks could kill with richard greico was as awesome as this movie, hard to find that one as well. Anyways, COOL AS ICE RULES!
Cool as Ice: Vanilla Ice Strikes Back
Rating Point :3 Helpful Point :3
Seriously though...
Vanilla Ice has the acting skills of a piece of driftwood.
Oh man, this movie is terrible. Its so terrible that I found myself cracking up the majority of the time. Its so mind-numbingly bad that I actually kinda liked watching it. But I just couldnt bring myself to give this crapfest a four or five star rating, no matter how many times I laughed at it. Its basically Vanilla Ice trying to be a neon-clad James Dean with fantastic pickup lines such as, "Drop that zero and get with a hero." Do I really need to say anything about that one? Didnt think so.
My favorite scene of the movie would probably be the one where he magically jumps his motorcycle over a fence without a ramp. Who needs physics? Not Ice.
So if youre bored (and preferably drunk and/or high), pop this cheesefest in your old VCR.
Get with a hero
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :3
With a script from the dream team of Akira Kourisawia and Stanley Kubrick, the pressure was all on the shoulders of director David Kellog. Coming through like a bull in a china shop, Kellog delivers a modern answer to Bergmans "Seventh Seal" that not only uppes the ante, but says, "Im all in."
Let us not forget the jacket.
With its leather stiched cries of passion it is reminicent of a classically trained Adler student, it delivers a tour de force in its delivery of lines like "Sex me up!" ""Down by law" "and "Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call."
"Cool As Ice" also employs a number from Pulp Fiction, using the book of Leviticus 3:14 to drop wisdom on us with the quote "Drop that zero and get with the hero."
Method to the end, Ice still resides in the Southern California community that this harrowing documentary was shot in, battling injustice and intolerance with his mighty yellow motorcycle.
Ice Makes the Inner-City Safe for Native Drug Dealers
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :3
Reprising R. Lee Ermeys role from "Full Metal Jacket" this non-Kubrick directed sequel picks up 20 years after the original with Ermeys character now played by Vanilla Ice and living in South Central L.A. Having been kicked out of the army for literally skull- a cadet, (which we are shown in ghastly up-close detail in a sepia-tinged flashback)Ice is a private investigator who starts noticing weird signs appearing in shops in the neighborhood. After a trip to the elementary school library next to his office to look the writing up, he realizes that, yes, his old nemeses the Viet Cong are back and after his hood. Using his neon-yellow, talking motorcycle from the future (voiced by the sonorous and gentle Art Garfunkle) Ice eventually uncovers that the VC are infecting LAs gang-ridden slums with an ultra-powerful form of crack known as Ice-9. Determined to end the VCs reign of terror and win back Americas honor after the left-wing inflicted defeat of Viet Nam, Ice and Garfunklebike beat down legions of VC thugs until finally reaching the gangs resurrected zombie leader, Ho Chi Minh (look for a young Jet Li in the role!), and defeating him in an epic battle royale with a little help from WWF fave Rowdy Roddy Piper. The movie ends with Ice and Garfunklebike riding into the sunset discussing name changes since his name is, like, now associated with a deadly form of crack. Though mustering little box-office support upon its release, "Cool as Ice" has since been consistently ranked highly on the AFLs list of 100 Greatest American Films.
FUN FACT: On his death bed Stanley Kubrick expressed regret that he had allowed this gem to slip through his fingers, suggesting that if he had helmed it as originally planned that it would have been ranked above, instead of below "Citizen Kane."
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