Die sieben Männer der Sumuru (1969)

Die sieben Männer der Sumuru: Directed by Jesús Franco. With Shirley Eaton, Richard Stapley, George Sanders, Maria Rohm. Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world.

“As I live in Rio de Janeiro I was curious to see this film. The other reason I picked up this film was that it was directed by Jess Franco (I had already seen u0026quot;Vampyros Lesbosu0026quot;, u0026quot;She killed in ecstasyu0026quot; and u0026quot;Sadomaniau0026quot;). These films are what I would call porn trash – they tell stories that offer us luscious images of female flesh, lesbianism, mild violence and really entertain us. u0026quot;Vampyros Lesbosu0026quot;, in particular, is a psychedelic sound and visual trip, featuring the gorgeous Soledad Miranda, present also in u0026quot;She killed in ecstasyu0026quot;. Jess Franco has a sophisticated visual style of his own.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut u0026quot;The Girl from Riou0026quot;(called also u0026quot;The Seven Secrets of Sumuru) is absolutely amateurish. It tells no story at all. Its plot is a mixture of science-fiction, spy-thriller and soft porn trash. There is the detective, a mixture of James Bond and Flint (the main character?) always wearing flashy suits and carrying a suitcase containing 10 million dollars, there are the girls from Femina, a city located somewhere near Rio that intend to conquer the world and enslave the men, and there is a gang run by George Sanders. The 10 million dollars is what they are all fighting for. There are of course lots of girls.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMany fights, so badly done that people fall before they are hit. Femina was filmed inside and around the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio. The gang run by George Sanders is composed by 5 people! Thereu0026#39;s a scene in which they run after the hero(?) wearing fantasy masks and after a ridiculous fist fight, he knocks them out and runs away. Incredible! Not to mention the u0026quot;apocalyptic final battleu0026quot; among the hero, the female warriors of Femina and the Gang of Five.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Girl from Riou0026quot; belongs to the category u0026quot;so bad that itu0026#39;s goodu0026quot;. I had my fun all right! By todays standards this film canu0026#39;t even be considered porn and the violence is mild.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you see this film, do it the same way you would watch an Ed Wood movie and youu0026#39;ll have your fun. This film was made in such an easy-going way that if you let yourself flow with it, you will have a smile on your face when it ends.”