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.
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]
Receptionedit
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]
Referencesedit
^Jager, Christelle De (3 February 2003). "Third 'Sumuru's' out of this world". Variety. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^Worsdale, Andrew De (3 December 2002). "CGI-heavy fantasy Sumuru wraps in South Africa". Screendaily. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^"Stargate SG-1 Solutions: Michael Shanks: Sumuru". www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^McLennan, Jim (20 November 2019). "Review: Sumuru". Girls With Guns. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^"Review Sumuru". www.badmovies.de (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
sumuru, 2003, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, sumuru, 2003, film, news, newspapers, books, sch. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sumuru 2003 film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 SumuruDirected byDarrell RoodtWritten byTorsten DewiSax RohmerPeter WelbeckPeter JobinProduced byHarry Alan TowersBrigid OlenRola BauerStarringAlexandra KampMichael ShanksCinematographyGiulio BiccariEdited byAvril BeukesMusic byGuy FarleyDistributed byTandem CommunicationsRelease date30 April 2003Running time90 minutesCountriesUnited KingdomSouth AfricaGermanyLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Story 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksStory editEarth 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 editAlexandra Kamp Sumuru Michael Shanks Adam Wade Simona Levin Taxan Terence Bridgett Jake Carpenter David Lazarus Will Casey B Dolan DoveProduction editThe 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 editThe 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 edit Jager Christelle De 3 February 2003 Third Sumuru s out of this world Variety Retrieved 30 December 2019 Worsdale Andrew De 3 December 2002 CGI heavy fantasy Sumuru wraps in South Africa Screendaily Retrieved 5 August 2021 Stargate SG 1 Solutions Michael Shanks Sumuru www stargate sg1 solutions com Retrieved 30 December 2019 McLennan Jim 20 November 2019 Review Sumuru Girls With Guns Retrieved 30 December 2019 Review Sumuru www badmovies de in German Retrieved 5 August 2021 External links editSumuru at IMDb nbsp nbsp This 2000s science fiction film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sumuru 2003 film amp oldid 1130045318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
