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!
Son Lux 配乐... 真的是迷之感动
华人刻板印象+港式无厘头+亲情俗套，噱头太多，着实一般。
总有某个平行宇宙里，你从小喜欢的阿姨正在搅姬😉
当我以为他是搞笑片的时候，他开始动脑子；在我以为他是动脑子片的时候，他又开始动感情。一切都显得毫无道理，却又非常有道理。Nothing matters.可真是太他妈有趣了我日。
一个不恰当比喻，就像搞了100遍不同的角色扮演最后阳痿，阳痿前还要浪漫烛光晚餐求婚。
和turing red一样，亚洲移民妈妈做事的方式看得人血压升高。只是turning red在写女儿，而这部，是在说妈妈。这里很多让我想起我的女孩子朋友们提起的和妈妈的相处，只能说沉重的爱，各有各的沉重。所以才有人最后选择“it doesn't matter”，被那巨大的虚无的黑色bagel所吞噬，不要这爱，也一并摆脱了这爱之束缚。也有人走向“it's ok”，哪怕表面的和解，亦是和解。看到电影后半部分哭的眼镜上起了雾，牵一牵物理大哥的手，想起来我以前读到某本书里的一段致谢，奇妙地呼应了起来“ In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is still my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. ”
每一秒都是高潮，然后回过头来发现也就那么回事
看到中段，杨紫琼不断变化形态，头皮开始被震撼到无可附加，随着她变成一个公仔，变成贞子，变成石头，被其实算是直白技术做出来的多重画面搅融了的脑浆きりきり地就从我的眼睛里流了出来，哭得发麻颤抖。而人生的多重选择也一直是不同作品尝试去阐释清楚的话题，“中庸”又或者是“爱”也并不是什么新鲜的解答，但这种将每一代连接起来的共鸣情感真的是太有用了，就像是肠胃炎时吃下的粥：你觉得想吐，但又知道这是有用的。而这种令人窒息的情感不断倾轧，就像最终那个对决群雄的动作戏一再表述的那样，或许“控制”与“被控制”才是一种值得思考的解答方案，或许得在“被控制”之中思考“被控制”的“控制”之道吧。真的可惜孔大山，《宇探》晚上又撞题，但用概念和制作去包裹简单故事、和用较成章节的故事来隐藏概念诈欺，其实算是两种讲故事的方式。
比两位导演的前作《瑞士军刀男》要强，但还是有开了脑洞不知道该怎么收的问题，看到第三幕就感觉累了，根本不关心母女如何和解，就希望赶紧结束。
我欣賞它讓中年亞裔主婦成為主角和對東亞家庭關係做出了探討的努力（略）等等等等⋯⋯但，電，影，本，身，實，在，太，老，土，了。從多元宇宙要素到無厘頭到致敬薈萃到畫面形式，沒有半點新東西，除了前面說的立意讓人敬佩，其他真的很難吹。
虎头蛇尾，创意虽然还行，但我看过超感8人组，这个就感觉不算啥吧。。。而且电影内核实在很空洞，片子开头给女主设置了很多困难，最后的情感落点和解决方式却过于草率。加上我最近也有看了青春变形记，我觉得这部还不如它呢，它最后妈妈好歹放手了，这部最后。。。感觉含糊其辞假模假样地大团圆，虚无主义者的三观怎么可能这么轻飘飘就拉回来了啊，而且女主的困境，女儿的困境明明来自于整个父权社会，怎么能可能是家庭内部的和解可以治愈的呢。
既有华人的文化内核，也有普世的价值关怀，脑洞更是足够大。但最最关键的问题在于，形式喧宾夺主到了近乎失控的地步了。
And I'm the only one who laughs
我觉得结局停在放女儿走那段就挺好的吧，没想到最后又大团圆了，好的今天的东亚家庭价值就上到这里，ps.我也想要个软弱的老公
太飞了。说了太多。什么也没说。什么都说了。说了些什么？
观感在怪诞与感伤之间来回横跳，不断惊叹于在一个本来就不新鲜的概念上开发出的卓越想象力与叙事诡计，虽然后段人物转变的历程并不如前段不断埋设的伏笔揭发让人啧啧称奇，但结尾基于“多重宇宙”核心概念的平行蒙太奇释放的情感泄洪又能让人完全忘却前面转折的刻意，在主题方面看似是母女之间的和解，但要点则放在有关于人生意义的拷问，即在人生的虚无与世界的无意义之间—我该如何存在。
啊，还想起一个感受，就是女儿是理解妈妈的，正因为自己总是被母亲的标准束缚而感到痛苦，所以看到母亲同样被束缚住希望她能挣脱能看开，女儿爱着这个让她痛苦的母亲，这份爱更加深了她的痛苦。
外壳闹热，内核悲哀。厌弃自我，厌弃伴侣，厌弃生活。于是补偿性的宇宙中不够“爷们儿”的丈夫大变李小龙，瘫痪累赘的老父行动如飞，疏离叛逆的女儿化身伏地魔。华服换了皱衫，镁光灯咔嚓代替洗衣房轰鸣，就连难以启齿的性也变成了博人一笑的梗。最后拖得天长地久的大和解看似美满，其实依旧是、温柔刀、刀刀割人性命。唉，人生无趣，人不如石。
2.8星。确实很“瞬息”碎片、很“多重宇宙”，不明白为什么要扯这么多没用的，闪来闪去变来变去，一点都不高级，反而让人看得很累。本质就是一部家庭片，披着奇幻科幻外衣，如何处理亲子关系，诚实面对自我坚信，大家可以再简单点的，不用在那么复杂的宇宙里把简单事情更复杂化。
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