Cool as Ice

Director: David Kellogg David Kellogg

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/07/2014
UPC:	0025192095719
Original Release:	1991
Source:	Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00
Sales rank:	31,236

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Vanilla Ice	Johnny
Kristin Minter	Kathy,Actor
Michael Gross	Gordon
Sydney Lassick	Roscoe McCallister,Roscoe McCallister
Dody Goodman	Mae McCallister
Naomi Campbell	Singer at 1st Club
Candy Clark	Grace Winslow
S.A. Griffin	Morrisey
Jack McGee	Clarke
John Haymes Newton	Nick
Victor DiMattia	Tommy Winslow
Allison Dean	Princess
Kevin Hicks	Sir D.
D. Thompson	Jazz
Bobby Brown	Monique
Kathy Morris	Jen,Jen
Amy Tenowich	Lisa
Portia Dawson	Tracy
Ted Swanson	Bartender,Bartender
Louie Bonanno	Bandleader
Crawford Binion	Officer
Brooke Alexander	Reporter
Tracey Bass	Singer at Final Club/Club Dancer
John 'Hi Teck' Huffman IV	VIP Posse
Marc 'Juice' Grinage	VIP Posse
Adam 'Twist' Petty	VIP Posse
Steven 'Boom' Williams	VIP Drummer
Lori Babb	Club Dancer
Cladjia Bretas	Club Dancer
Amy Byun	Club Dancer
Bill Hefley	Club Dancer
Megan Hughes	Club Dancer
Alexa James	Club Dancer
Cameo Martine	Club Dancer
Darrin Mucker	Club Dancer
Regana Reed	Club Dancer
Nathan Scott	Club Dancer
Dion Simpson	Club Dancer
Jason Van Sugars	Club Dancer
Tera Tabrizi	Club Dancer
Aydiee Vaughn	Club Dancer
Mark Wallace	Club Dancer
Michelle Zucker	Club Dancer
Bobbie Brown	Monique
Johanna Ray	Actor
Deezer D	Jazz
Stanley Clarke	Composer

Technical Credits

David Stenn

Martin Bandier	Executive Producer,Producer
Shep Gordon	Executive Producer,Producer
David Kellogg	Director
Charles Koppelman	Executive Producer,Producer
Carolyn Pfeiffer	Producer
Lionel Wigram	Producer
Ted Swanson	Producer
David Stenn	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

From its opening dance sequence with Naomi Campbell to its laughable action finale, Cool as Ice is so unapologetic in its naive cheesiness that it transcends mere awfulness and enters into the realm of true camp entertainment. Erstwhile rapper Vanilla Ice makes a thoroughly unlikable leading man in this haphazard combination of rebel movie, music video, romantic comedy, and crime drama, but it sure is fun to look at those crazy designs he has shaved in the back of his head. Ice plays Johnny Van Owen, a thuggish jerk who gets stranded in a small town and proceeds to woo the innocent Kathy (Kristen Minter) with all the subtlety and charm of an obsessed stalker. It's love at first sight when Johnny recklessly jumps a fence with his motorcycle, causing Kathy to be thrown from a horse in slow motion. The relationship is then advanced with poetic pick-up lines like "Drop that zero and get with the hero," and confirmed by a date at an abandoned construction site. Johnny even finds time to save Kathy's family from corrupt cops, beat up a miscreant or two, and perform some embarrassing rap at a local club. The nonsensical plot is just one of many bizarre treats the movie has to offer, including Ice's variety of garish outfits, otherworldly dialogue like "Whackhead was playin' baseball on my homeboy's bike," and the admittedly striking cinematography of future Oscar-winner Janusz Kaminski. Cool as Ice is not only a freakish time capsule of early '90s rap-pop and clueless Hollywood commercialism, but also one of the best bad movies of its time.

All Movie Guide - Skyler Miller