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!
归乡好于离乡，前后次序调换一下说不定更好，《钉子》的布景和动作戏露怯了，但无法掩盖前三分之二动人的感伤。战后，昨日的世界，摇晃的车厢，意大利人，西西里，老年与青年，演员致敬，安葬，随风而逝，大海……回家啊，回到我的故乡，文明的故乡，那些永恒的乡愁。
Quite heavy both in visual appearance and symbolism, though not necessarily abundant in meaning and coherence. The somewhat progressive reinterpretation of the legend is hackneyed at best, pandering at worst
画面没得说。情绪不好看不下去。21/08/20
很多隐喻符号意识流的东西，不懂用典会看得云山雾罩。
是我的菜，以前只看过关于绿衣骑士传说和《麦克白》对比的论文，这片好多很莎剧的场景
就凭能够重新开一局，他就成为骑士，开挂了。讲这样个故事累不累啊。
“人是必须要被克制的东西：因此你当爱你的道德——因为你将因道德而毁灭。”
这片得在影院看 音效太棒了 故事改编的也蛮好 很喜欢片尾部分future flash的音画处理
儿童电影哈哈哈哈 没东西看的时候看看还是很有意思的 3.5
#柏林影展 #EFM 本屆柏林影展少數打起精神觀賞的主競賽片。透過舊資料畫面搭配黑白攝影，甫一開始令我想起柏格曼與費里尼。一趟骨灰之旅，彷彿一位影人之死；尾段的歡快與全彩，慢慢將故事帶往另一趟未知的旅程。當他在墓地前刻下了名字；當他老邁地坐在墓前，四季交替，人生宛若一場即將告別的演出。
我不理解，感觉不伦不类，这也太装了…David Lowery更适合去搞装置艺术。
Off with your head my knight
画面大部分是灰暗的，节奏的缓慢的。我反而对片头的大白鹅挑衅山羊🐐印象深刻。
摸过 沼泽深处头骨的嶙峋
还挺吃导演这一套，算是这种题材里比较看得下去的片儿了
这是一个关于圣诞节千里送人头的游戏。不过画面特好看，可惜呀。
一起看的，豆包也一起看的片子。爱能改变一切，包括让人独一无二
为美术和音效加一星
The first part in B/W could be seen as a journey to bid his brother a moving adieu by transporting the ashes of Pirandello, whose works have been adapted by the brothers, to his Sicilian homeland. Whereas the second part in color is quite confusing for us who have never read the story before. The shift from grey to color is poetic though
被骗了，超级垃圾不知所云的骗子，看了豆瓣的一些刷子评论，本以为能见识多么骨骼清奇的一部片，结果是智障话痨懒婆娘华丽带点奇幻的裹脚布，又臭又长还各种花哨，感觉自己花了一晚上，完全是在闻屎。这里剧透一下，帮他人节约生命：男主跟森林怪做游戏打赌，砍掉怪物脑袋，约定一年后被回砍一刀。然后男主各种犹移跋涉，遇到女巨人、狐仙、富翁，还和富翁老婆偷搞了一回，最后见到森林怪物，一番梦游后醒悟过来，除掉可以保命的魔法腰带，说我不作弊了，我准备好了，砍吧。怪物一看孺子可教，就用指甲抹了他的粉嫩小脖子一下说我们两清了，END。好长拉了两个多小时的屎啊！
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