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剧情简介

Umberto Lenzi is undoubt%^edly the =:kin:
g $:`of Italian crime movies,$= but unfortunately;
 Synd*ic`!:ate =? Sad/-i$^sts is n]= ot; the_@ best exam$?/+@p*.les o_*f his work= in this\! !,gen)+r?_([e. Lenz!^^*@i)':s cr`[ime(+ flicks tend t=*o be a cut above+ #the res\t becau\se h@ $)e mak?\+e ^s films
_`based on s#(torie[[s with a point,`+ a%=:nd they do)n_)'t lack d?,]irection; but th\_i_s %^film fee:ls a b[+it t +:oo wayward $;(to full?\y fit with `= /the rest :`of-^ hi [.s stuff. =,.The film tak es ^:obvious inf+ l]uence from Sergio@ Leon@e's+(_ land(,mark we[- stern 'A F/?istful , of Do@+(?llars' (wh i@ c.h in turn, took influen%ce #:from Akira Kuros\$.[awa'?, s l /andmark samurai flick ;*Yojimbo)^, in ]th!at it features two war`;) r`ing fa)m(?#ilies -$ %an,d a `^strong cha[;racter +$at the centre+-. The cri\me that Lenzi f#]oc#_u*._ses on i).s kidnapping, an^d we c:entre^ on a cha`*racter called 'Rambo'. R,ambo i \!s dragged in;^to the wa#r b+^:etw[=een t ,;he two f*[;a$mi  lies a(f`/t?er %his b]`rot#her is kil-led b@\ecause of it.]+- Ram-_[bo uses* %his brains= and brawn to
_[pit the [\^$two familie:#!_s aga^!ins$$t o%ne another, in ]?@the hope of gainin-^!g reve, nge _?for h^#is brot=\her' -s _ death, rescuing a (:young b oy/= t(\hat they've kidnappe:%$d*$, ) an*!d ultim`ately letting *t-(he two si^*]!des destroy[`) one ano$$the\]%r!;#@.　　The fi``=lm's $b$)\iggest ].asset i+s undoubtedly T-`omas Milian. @=Milian was put to great use^$; by L^$; enzi in almost all %o,f his]* cr
.i-+me thrill- ers. @/The rang*e%: of char#,acters he has played \f-/or Lenzi :is immen [se, a_n d this one is easily one of the 
$ coolest. T%`he charact;er)!@ @@\is called Ram+bo, which immedi%a`@tely sp!rang to mind? th:e po\pular Sylvester Stallone character - b(;ut f:or once, the Italians actua^\lly haven't 
stolen this name

as! Syndica/[!te $%;Sadis_=_ts% wa#s rel@ e\as ed f irst! As u_:/s_/.ua
-l, the film is wick#!edly entertai*/nin,\g, as we get to w\^atch Milian @ get hi%ms !elf involved in th#\/e :*us@ual array of car c*@h#
ases@?,) shoo*touts an.*$d brawls. Lenz^i h*,/as g#^ot him riding a \ m$o,torbike ^[thi,)s t) ime r%ound, a=@nd every scene feat@+uring `it[, and M_[=ilian is@@  a r^ea l s tandout!
- However, the film often feels like it doesn't really* have anywher)-`e t?o go, and this -(means that t+[he running: time is stretched out mo
@+re than it s%hould be. Compar
ed to the crim^!e _*film:*s of`
. other Italian direct[*ors, Sy)@+$!ndicat-*@e Sad$#ist_@[s is more #%th_a
n above aver-age; b !ut in relatio:
_n+^+ t!#o  Le-_nzi crim: e flicks such ./ as $_$Almost Huma/*n= and The Cynic,*-` Th/-e Rat and The F
`[ist - i
-t doesn:'t` stand tall ^as o_
ne of L_ $enzi's best. S;ti !ll, if y;ou';re looking fo^#r; ninety! mi`+?nu-
]te/.s of testoste!)rone fuel !led% mayhem - S]+yndica! =te Sadists$ * wil @+l :suffice!