膽包天Ilgiustizieresfidalacittà

地區：意大利

年份：1975

演員：托馬斯·米連 / 約瑟夫·科頓 / MariaFiore / MarioPiave / 盧西亞諾·卡蒂納齊 / 圭多·阿爾貝蒂 / 費米·貝努西 / SilvanoTranquilli / ShirleyCorrigan / AntonioCasale / 羅薩裏奧·博雷利 / 盧西亞諾·皮格齊 / 馬裏奧·諾維裏 / 布魯諾·迪·魯亞 / GiuseppeCastellano / TomFelleghy / 伊妲·伽利 / AdolfoLastretti / BrunoAlias / 布魯諾·貝托奇 / 瓦爾特·帕特裏亞爾卡

導演：翁貝托·倫齊

簡介：UmbertoLenziisundoubtedlythekingofItaliancrimemovies,butunfortunately;SyndicateSadistsisnotthebestexamplesofhisworkinthisgenre.Lenzi#39;scrimeflickstendtobeacutabovetherestbecausehemakesfilmsbasedonstorieswithapoint,andtheydon#39;tlackdirection;butthisfilmfeelsabittoowaywardtofullyfitwiththerestofhisstuff.ThefilmtakesobviousinfluencefromSergioLeone#39;slandmarkwestern#39;AFistfulofDollars#39;(whichinturn,tookinfluencefromAkiraKurosawa#39;slandmarksamuraiflickYojimbo),inthatitfeaturestwowarringfamiliesandastrongcharacteratthecentre.ThecrimethatLenzifocusesoniskidnapping,andwecentreonacharactercalled#39;Rambo#39;.Ramboisdraggedintothewarbetweenthetwofamiliesafterhisbrotheriskilledbecauseofit.Rambouseshisbrainsandbrawntopitthetwofamiliesagainstoneanother,inthehopeofgainingrevengeforhisbrother#39;sdeath,rescuingayoungboythatthey#39;vekidnapped,andultimatelylettingthetwosidesdestroyoneanother.Thefilm#39;sbiggestassetisundoubtedlyTomasMilian.MilianwasputtogreatusebyLenziinalmostallofhiscrimethrillers.TherangeofcharactershehasplayedforLenziisimmense,andthisoneiseasilyoneofthecoolest.ThecharacteriscalledRambo,whichimmediatelysprangtomindthepopularSylvesterStallonecharacter-butforonce,theItaliansactuallyhaven#39;tstolenthisnameasSyndicateSadistswasreleasedfirst!Asusual,thefilmiswickedlyentertaining,aswegettowatchMiliangethimselfinvolvedintheusualarrayofcarchases,shootoutsandbrawls.Lenzihasgothimridingamotorbikethistimeround,andeveryscenefeaturingitandMilianisarealstandout!However,thefilmoftenfeelslikeitdoesn#39;treallyhaveanywheretogo,andthismeansthattherunningtimeisstretchedoutmorethanitshouldbe.ComparedtothecrimefilmsofotherItaliandirectors,SyndicateSadistsismorethanaboveaverage;butinrelationtoLenzicrimeflickssuchasAlmostHumanandTheCynic,TheRatandTheFist-itdoesn#39;tstandtallasoneofLenzi#39;sbest.Still,ifyou#39;relookingforninetyminutesoftestosteronefuelledmayhem-SyndicateSadistswillsuffice!