Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Million Eyes of Su-Muru (1967)

How bad is it? It's like an Austin Powers film played straight.
Should you see it? Maybe for the style and cast.

This was based on a Sax Rohmer novel. Shirley Earton plays the villain who plans to take over the world with her all female crew, by seducing heads of state and then influencing them - or killing them. There's a ray gun that turns men to stone; Klaus Kinski in a dual role is a victim of it, playing an Asian (even when speaking English). A man gets killed by having his neck broken between a woman's thighs. The film has a great look, there's plenty of action and the casting is interesting, but the film just doesn't go anywhere and never picks up speed. Still, it's far more interesting than the sequel, "Seven Secrets of Su-Muru" (aka Girl From Rio, aka Rio 70), directed by Jess Franco.

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