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八十年代，某小城，话剧团家属院。剧团排演话剧《美丽人生》导演带着男女主演和场记赴北京开会，回来的途中司机李大川酒后驾驶，造成一场车祸，老美工伍正德失去了儿子和搭车回来的女儿，上小学的范月、范阳姐弟失去了父母，演员赵萍萍失去了丈夫。伍正德是剧团里公认的好人，自己失去了孩子，他对失去父母的范阳和范月特别呵护有加，八岁的范阳和伍正德越来越亲近，九岁的范月却始终看不起这个“工人阶级”，因为“咱爸妈都是大演员！”范月认为别人来接近范家都有目的，都是看中了父母留下的财产。 刚好出现了一个觊觎范家财产的“姑姑”，姑姑被范月和伍正德撵出门去，这更加坚定了范月的信念，她九岁，不相信任何人。赵萍萍是个“不会哭的演员”，一直以来，生活对她太优待了，她哭不出来；但这次她尝到了痛苦的滋味，她甚至因为悲伤过度失去了腹中的孩子，寡妇门前是非多，从医院回来的赵萍萍多次卷入是非，她企...。Umberto Lenzi is undoubtedly the king of Italian crime movies, but unfortunately| Syndicate Sadists is not the best examples of his work in this genre. Lenzi's crime flicks tend to be a cut above the rest because he makes films based on stories with a point, and they don't lack direction| but this film feels a bit too wayward to fully fit with the rest of his stuff. The film takes obvious influence from Sergio Leone's landmark western 'A Fistful of Dollars' (which in turn, took influence from Akira Kurosawa's landmark samurai flick Yojimbo), in that it features two warring families and a strong character at the centre. The crime that Lenzi focuses on is kidnapping, and we centre on a character called 'Rambo'. Rambo is dragged into the war between the two families after his brother is killed because of it. Rambo uses his brains and brawn to pit the two families against one another, in the hope of gaining revenge for his brother's death, rescuing a young boy that they've kidnapped, and ultimately letting the two sides destroy one another. The film's biggest asset is undoubtedly Tomas Milian. Milian was put to great use by Lenzi in almost all of his crime thrillers. The range of characters he has played for Lenzi is immense, and this one is easily one of the coolest. The character is called Rambo, which immediately sprang to mind the popular Sylvester Stallone character - but for once, the Italians actually haven't stolen this name as Syndicate Sadists was released first! As usual, the film is wickedly entertaining, as we get to watch Milian get himself involved in the usual array of car chases, shootouts and brawls. Lenzi has got him riding a motorbike this time round, and every scene featuring it and Milian is a real standout! However, the film often feels like it doesn't really have anywhere to go, and this means that the running time is stretched out more than it should be. Compared to the crime films of other Italian directors, Syndicate Sadists is more than above average| but in relation to Lenzi crime flicks such as Almost Human and The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - it doesn't stand tall as one of Lenzi's best. Still, if you're looking for ninety minutes of testosterone fuelled mayhem - Syndicate Sadists will suffice!。
