Sumuru (2003 film)

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2003 British film

Sumuru

Directed by| Darrell Roodt
Written by| Torsten Dewi
Sax Rohmer
Peter Welbeck
Peter Jobin
Produced by| Harry Alan Towers
Brigid Olen
Rola Bauer
Starring| Alexandra Kamp
Michael Shanks
Cinematography| Giulio Biccari
Edited by| Avril Beukes
Music by| Guy Farley
Distributed by| Tandem Communications

Release date

* 30 April 2003 (2003-04-30)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Countries| United Kingdom
South Africa
Germany
Language| English

Sumuru, or Sax Rohmer's Sumuru, is a 2003 pulp science fiction film directed by Darrell Roodt and starring Alexandra Kamp and Michael Shanks. It is an update of the character Sumuru created by pulp novelist Sax Rohmer. It was the first adaptation of Sumuru in a sci-fi setting (the prior two adaptions were The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) and The Girl from Rio (1969)).[1]

## Story

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Earth's outermost colony was forgotten for 900 years -- until now. Cut off from the rest of the universe, men have become beasts of labor -- and women rule.

Arriving on the planet Antares, Adam Wade and Jake Carpenter come with a mission and a secret. Humanity has suffered from a deadly virus that has left the women barren, and the two are to seek out the last fertile members of the human race and relocate them.

When the small spaceship crashes, the two find the planet run by women ruled by Queen Sumuru, and the men slaving in primitive mines, used occasionally for procreation purposes.

The two astronauts have to overcome anti-male prejudice as well as earthquakes, a giant snake (The Snake Mother, worshipped as a Goddess by the High Priestess Taxan and her followers) and opposition from snake cult priestess Taxan, but find support in the relatively rational-minded queen Sumuru as well as her personal guard Dove and her kid brother Will.

Ultimately Taxan and her followers are defeated and Adam, Jake, Sumuru and her followers including the freed male slaves set off for an anticipated new home amongst the stars; escaping Antarres, which is due to explode from its internal pressures.

## Cast

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* Alexandra Kamp \- Sumuru
* Michael Shanks \- Adam Wade
* Simona Levin - Taxan
* Terence Bridgett - Jake Carpenter
* David Lazarus - Will
* Casey B. Dolan - Dove

## Production

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The film was produced in late 2002 in the area around Johannesburg and Pretoria, mainly around and in mine dumps, the Voortrekker Monument, a film studio in Johannesburg and a disused explosives factory in Modderfontein.[2][3]

## Reception

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The film received relatively bad reviews, being called "thoroughly forgettable";[4] other reviews refer to the rules of the genre ("trash factor") and call it "good fun".[5]

## References

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1. ^ Jager, Christelle De (3 February 2003). "Third 'Sumuru's' out of this world". Variety. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. ^ Worsdale, Andrew De (3 December 2002). "CGI-heavy fantasy Sumuru wraps in South Africa". Screendaily. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
3. ^ "Stargate SG-1 Solutions: Michael Shanks: Sumuru". www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
4. ^ McLennan, Jim (20 November 2019). "Review: Sumuru". Girls With Guns. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
5. ^ "Review Sumuru". www.badmovies.de (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2021.

## External links

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* Sumuru at IMDb

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Sumuru by Sax Rohmer

Film adaptations|

* The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
* The Girl from Rio (1969)
* Sumuru (2003)

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Films directed by Darrell Roodt

* City of Blood (1983)
* Sarafina! (1992)
* Father Hood (1993)
* Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
* Dangerous Ground (1997)
* Sumuru (2003)
* Dracula 3000 (2004)
* Yesterday (2004)
* Prey (2007)
* Winnie Mandela (2011)
* Little One (2012)
* Lake Placid: Legacy (2018)

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Films of Harry Alan Towers

* Death Drums Along the River (1963)
* Victim Five (1964)
* Coast of Skeletons (1965)
* Sandy the Seal (1965)
* Mozambique (1965)
* 24 Hours to Kill (1965)
* The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
* Ten Little Indians (1965)
* Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
* Circus of Fear (1966)
* The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
* The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
* The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
* Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
* Five Golden Dragons (1967)
* The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
* Eve (1968)
* The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
* 99 Women (1969)
* The Girl from Rio (1969)
* Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
* The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
* Venus in Furs (1969)
* Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970)
* The Bloody Judge (1970)
* Count Dracula (1970)
* Dorian Gray (1970)
* Black Beauty (1971)
* Treasure Island (1972)
* The Call of the Wild (1972)
* White Fang (1973)
* And Then There Were None (1974)
* Blue Belle (1976)
* H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
* King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
* Klondike Fever (1980)
* Black Venus (1983)
* Fanny Hill (1983)
* Lady Libertine (1984)
* Christina (1984)
* Black Arrow (1985)
* Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
* Skeleton Coast (1987)
* Gor (1987)
* Platoon Leader (1988)
* Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
* Outlaw of Gor (1988)
* Edge of Sanity (1989)
* American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
* River of Death (1989)
* Ten Little Indians (1989)
* The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
* Buried Alive (1990)
* Oddball Hall (1990)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
* Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
* The Lost World (1992)
* Return to the Lost World (1992)
* Dance Macabre (1992)
* Night Terrors (1993)
* The Mangler (1995)
* Bullet to Beijing (1995)
* Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
* Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
* Owd Bob (1998)
* Treasure Island (1999)
* Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (2000)
* Sumuru (2003)
* Pact with the Devil (2004)

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