Eric Stevenson I was looking up this movie and noticed that it has yet to be released on a single format on video. I was always wondering how people managed to see such a rare film. Then again, how did the cast of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" stumble upon this? Was the film just preserved somewhere? I don't think this was an awful film. I actually enjoyed the fighting at the end. Of course, it's still a bad movie. It's mostly because it's just plain boring. It wasn't until near the end that I understood why a lot of people considered this a James Bond wannabe.The main character actually did get a few amusing lines in. It's just nothing too memorable. The atmosphere isn't good, but not the worst. There's some pretty gaudy details here that don't help. It didn't really have anything that stupid about it. I guess it wasn't a good movie to look at for the most part. There aren't any actors or actresses that I recognize. At least we got to see a few explosions in this. Of course, that's just near the end and it isn't worth the whole movie. I thought there was a little effort put into it. **

bensonmum2 Sumuru (Shirley Eaton) is a woman bent on world domination. Her plan is to have her army of women get close the world's most powerful men, kill them, and assume their power. But standing in her way are two secret agents – Agents Tommy Carter (Frankie Avalon) and Nick West (George Nader). They convince a couple of Sumuru's followers to come over to their side before leading a raid on her island. But will they get Sumuru? The Million Eyes of Sumuru is just quirky enough for me to really enjoy it. It's the kind of movie you can't take seriously – you have to go with it. I just love these 60s spy-type movies with their armies of scantily clad women, secret island liars, and groovy secret agents. What an awesome time it was! And, the fact that The Million Eyes of Sumuru was shot in China with a cast that includes Eaton, Avalon, Klaus Kinski, Maria Rohm, and Wilfrid Hyde-White (of all people) only adds to the already bizarre feel of the movie. Movies like this may not be for everyone (just take a look at the IMDb rating), but for me their just too much fun.I would love to see a cleaned-up, legitimate, Region 1 release of The Million Eyes of Sumuru. I'm convinced I would have rated the film higher than a 6/10 had I not been watching the MST3K version of the movie recorded off of Minneapolis public access television in the late 1980s. The Million Eyes of Sumuru deserves better than that.

mstomaso This movie raises several important questions such as: What is going on? Why am I watching this? How do movies like this get made? The underlying theme is gender conflict and the overall feeling seems modeled after contemporary classics like Casino Royal.Sounds interesting? Well, hear me out before you commit yourself. Most of the cast and the script seem lifted from an adjoining surfing movie set and displaced to various exotic locations to be filmed in random acts later strung together in search of a plot. Avalon makes a few random cameos and then becomes the main character in the last third of the film. And he's the class of the acting talent. Even as a comedy, this film fails - relying on chauvinism and tired stereotypes where satirical opportunities could have been exploited.The basic concept of this film might have made it interesting had the script been written before the shooting began and had the female characters been permitted to have personalities.The film was shot in Italy, China, and various other places, and has an "international" cast. At one point, I was starting to wonder whether the production team bothered with translators.I just finished watching it in its MST3K treatment from the first season of MST3K, and I can not answer these questions any better than I could in the beginning. The movie seems to be about a secret society of women lead by Sumuru, who are gaining control of all of the major economies, military forces and political powers (through men of course). It is never made clear how and why this is happening.Most of the action centers around the main male character - Nader - who has an amazing repertoire of bad one-liners and irritating pickup lines. This character is so poorly developed in the script and so horribly under-acted that I never particularly cared what happened to him, nor did I even attempt to understand why he offered no apparent resistance to Sumuru's demands. Add the improbability of Avalon teaming up with the Chinese secret service to rescue Nader from the clutches (and lips) of Sumuru's amazon army, and you've got the makings of ... well... I'll spare you the witticisms... ... a really bad film.I was intrigued by the early appearance of the amazing Klaus Kinski, but his role though satisfactorily bizarre is barely a cameo. Considering the vast limitations of the material, the acting and cinematography are OK. This is one of the best season 1 MST3K episodes, as Joel and the bots are absolutely hilarious in their treatment of this film.

quamp A Frankie Avalon movie without him singing in it? Apparently so. Then again, I'm not too sure that would have saved this film. Basically Frankie plays a James Bond goodie-two-shoes type that goes on an adventure against an evil woman named Sumuru that wants to take over the world so women can rule men. To this end, she and her army of women have become lovers, wives and mistresses to some of the most powerful men on earth. However, there's one lone hold out. To get near him, Sumuru's people frame Avalon for a murder and then tell him he's got to play ball or die. Avalon goes to the guy as a diplomat he was supposed to meet. After one of Sumuru's women kills the twin brother of this diplomat, Avalon and his pal try to defeat Sumuru. She has a device that can turn flesh into stone. It's about as exciting as watching paint dry. So are the rest of the gadgets, and the plot for that matter. Avoid if possible.