I had heard of Jesus Franco before through James Rolfe's review of the three Dracula vs. Frankenstein films (one of which he directed). I watched this film as a Rifftrax and I didn't expect it to be that good to begin with but The Girl From Rio is worse than the low budget trash I was expecting. The plot, assuming one could call it that, concerns a secret agent Jeff Sutton (Richard Wyler) who travels to Rio de Janeiro to do something concerning this war between a goofy British mobster Masius (George Sanders) and Sumuru (Shirley Eaton) who leads Femina, a city (supposedly in Brazil but we don't actually know) made up only of women who seek to dominate the world. If that sounds like a really bad story, don't worry because it is. Femina, which is made out to be a super city, seemingly consists of an office building and an airfield. None of the acting is really that good and like I said, there's barely any plot. It's pretty much all filler. In fact when the plot is invoked we don't know why we're supposed to care. You feel that they forgot to fill you in on what you were supposed to know. We hardly know anyone's motivation. In addition the film is fairly boring as well. I didn't expect quality cinema but I at least expected to be entertained. But with all the filler in place of plot that The Girl From Rio has I found that difficult. Watch the Rifftrax. This film has no redeeming qualities otherwise.
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