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!
差在哪呢？好像也挑不出什么毛病。就似乎是搭了个戏棚子告诉你我要开始讲故事了一样，味同嚼蜡。生活化和戏剧化该如何揉在一起，特别是当代华语电影，该提出一些方法论了。
乐在其中的不知道是不是皈依小资自以为高人一等的人，评分能被抬到8.3说明打高分的人估摸着心里向往的也是这一阶层的纸醉金迷玩世不恭，仿佛和他们保持一致优越感就有了，看得我如坐针毡…
结尾最嗲，你在看爱情神话，荧幕里的人透过投影仪的光也在看《爱情神话》，灵了伐得了
Reality is not a Fellini's film. 没想到在一部华语商业片中还会以这种方式再次遇见费里尼 太绝了。
悲哀在于，情感和日常需要靠那些遥远的符号（费里尼/索菲亚/土耳其/英国/红拂夜奔）才能串联起有意义的链条，这无非是另一种偶然与想象。如此语境之下，精致的海派生活倒显出一种自欺欺人的况味，仿佛老白对小皮匠问询的变体“你的咖啡里有麻木的味道吗？”一边是悬置的能指，一边是实际是所指，双方在迷影式的致敬中少见的没能达成影像上的统一与和解。于是，爱情在本片中像一场精神上的屠杀，目标是这些或单亲带娃或有暧昧过往的中年男女，这里没有爱情的青春热血和蓬勃朝气，只剩拖拖拉拉的消极和孤叹。电影在准确描绘出中年爱情状态的同时，也将这些中年人抽象化了，因为他们在这场屠杀中的所有反抗与逃亡，皆是以有钱有闲为基础的。而更多的普罗大众，连被这种爱情蹂躏的资本都没有。这当然是一部好电影，但生活的底色赋予了它某种失败的气质。
乘兴而来，败兴而归。本以为本片可与《万箭穿心》相提并论，结果竟然跟韩寒导演作品相差仿佛？沪语竟能成为烂俗电影的遮羞布，蔚为奇观焉。强行透过台词 politically correct, 难道不是一种刻奇？
打不出来星就挺好的很巧妙有点浪漫也很好笑但是底色一点喜欢不起来那种人到中年的俗气的必然性就。无法消化一点没意思甚至有点腻心〇
有生之年还能体会到电影院的意义：大家一起放声大笑
就是你们总宣传离婚以后更潇洒自在，还能遇上真爱，才有那么多人动不动就离婚。实际上离婚带着孩子的女人很难再找到共度下半生的另一半了。能找到的都是运气极好的。好男人都是被很多女人追着围着，中等的男人也是被伴侣抓的死死的，只剩下差等的男人单着。当然了，如果婚姻实在很痛苦还是要坚决离婚的。大部分的婚姻，我只想说珍惜眼前人。
沪语的亲切感，上海的风情，没有造反过是不完整的，女导演镜头中的女性好自由，就像弄堂里的风
群戏台词写得挺有意思的，不过也就仅此而已，可算是知道那些土狗艺术展都是谁在买账了，能得到我尊重的是真正的生活，不是手握上海几套房衣食无忧的文艺青年讲的俏皮话。
这堆砌感好像重了些，浦东工人阶级表示难以 relate
✪94//第二遍看时连最初没留下美好第一印象的开场都看着顺眼，开篇后来的每段戏都有我入迷的节奏（无论表演或影像内容编排），场景灵了、机位和运镜灵了、对白也灵了，每当两个人说上话时似乎都要有好神奇的事发生：寻常生活的小麻烦在自然的谈天里渐渐走向水到渠成，偶尔冒出的矛盾慢慢已经看来不是什么大事。太喜欢角色之间好自在、几乎一根刺都不带、带刺也不扎人的交流。
结尾最嗲，你在看爱情神话，荧幕里的人透过投影仪的光也在看《爱情神话》，灵了伐得了
市井和市井还是有区别的。看完这部电影再想想自己的生活，中国到底是有多割裂👉👈随便买了又卖了的一双Jimmy Choo，带着天台的小洋楼，回忆起索菲亚罗兰走后他坍塌的罗马，在沙发上打着哈欠女人们娇媚慵懒地谈论着爱情神话……😢上海人好洋气，哪怕隔着银幕向里偷偷望去，也是我从来没见过的人生。
7.5 绝了。一个新人导演作品的城市电影触及了人生，爱情，政治，电影，艺术的多个命题，完成度相当之高，最后弄堂的就是全世界的戏谑表达也是有趣。电影语言稍有匮乏但瑕不掩瑜。
我一直以为导演是男性，边看边说，我要向这位导演脱帽致敬，居然可以把男人看得这么精准透彻，结果刚才豆瓣下载海报才发现，误会了，导演是女性，很棒~🤣🤣🤣
1.费里尼：你礼貌吗你？用我的片名，还吐槽我的电影；2.生活气十足，各种拌嘴、嘴碎，这才是真实的人物；3.「离婚局」的针锋相对、老白老乌的吵架斗嘴、上海女人们的价值观等等，真的太有趣了。
或许，沉闷的费里尼属于影院而不是投影，毕竟评分才7.7，而热闹的这一部则更适合约上朋友吃着火锅唠着嗑在电视上看。
男人女人性别政治美食腔调异域迷影，当代人的爱情神话。
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