Should you see it? Maybe for the style and cast.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds."
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.
Should you see it? Maybe for the style and cast.
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