Umbert o Lenzi is undoubtedly the king of Italian crime movies , but unfortunately; Syndicate Sadists is not the b est examples of his work in this genre. Lenzi's crime flicks te nd to be a c ut above the rest becaus e he makes films based on st ories with a point, and they don't lack direction; but this fil m feels a bit to o wayward to f ully fit w ith the rest of his stuff. The film takes obvious influence from Sergio Leone's lan dmark west ern 'A Fist ful of Dol lars' (which in turn, t ook influence from Akira Ku rosawa's lan dmark samurai flick Yojimbo ), in that it fe atures two warring families and a strong ch arac ter at the centre. The crime that Lenzi focuses on is kidnappin g, and we centre on a character c alled 'Rambo'. Rambo is dragged into the war between the two families afte r his broth er is killed becaus e of it. Ra mbo us es his brains and brawn to pit the two fami lies against one a nother, in t he hop e of gaining revenge for his b rothe r's death, rescuing a young bo y that t hey've kidnapped, and ultimately letting the two sides dest roy one another. The fi lm's bi ggest asset is un doubte dly Toma s Milian. Milian was put to great use by Len zi in a lmost all of his crime thrillers. The ran ge of characte rs he has played for Lenzi is immens e, and this one is easily one of the coolest. The c harac ter is called Rambo, which immediately sprang to mi nd the popular Sylv ester Stallone character - but for once, the Italians act ually haven't s tolen this nam e as Syndicate Sadists was released first! As usual, the film is wickedly entertaining, as we g et t o watch Milian g et himself involved in t he usual array of car chases, shootouts an d brawls. Lenzi has got him riding a mo torbike this time round, and every scen e featuring it and Milian is a real s tandout! However, the film of ten f eels like it doesn't really h ave anyw here to go, and this mean s that the running time is stretched out m ore than it should be. Compared to the cr ime f ilms of other Italian dir ectors, Syndicate Sadi sts is more t han above average; bu t in rela tion to Lenz i crime flicks s uch as Almost Human a nd The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - it doesn't stand ta ll as one of Lenzi 's b est. Still, if you're looking for ninety minutes of testosterone fuelled mayhem - Syndi cate Sadists will suffice!
精彩剧情/对白：“皇上，没错，臣 女的确是动手了，而且是因为这几个太监的死伤，臣女并不后悔那么做。这些太监虽然身份比起皇子来，的确是低贱，但他们也是活生生的人不是动物。既然不是狩猎，而是在玩找饶游戏，那么 把人找到 便是了，何必要这样伤他们呢？”
“阿意姑娘这个人呢，总 是出其不意，但是 出其不意似乎总 是把事情做的很好。虽 然是个姑娘家，但是不管什么事情，她都 格外的认真， 甚至是自信，好像她从不觉得自己有 做不到的事情似的，也正是因为如此，让 人不由自主的相 信她，跟着她走。”
“我当年被 陷害，未婚先孕被赶出王家的时候，郑家婶子还三番两次拿了东西过来，生 怕我吃不到东西，生孩子出事情。郑叔这个人虽然看起来很凶，但是也经常会给景吃的。至于郑呢，也帮了我好几次，村子里不 少人是畏惧老王家的，郑倒是没樱除了对待我，对 待村里其他人，他们也 是一样。”
“后来久而久之，我娘就渐渐的变 了，有一次我听到 了，我爹有意无意在暗示我 娘该怎么做，我娘这个人比较傻，便依着他的来，后来 就这样了。别看我爹什么都不，但是一直在后面引导呢 ，但是他 自己不想做这个坏人，所以什么事情都是 我娘在前面当这 个坏人。”
“是啊，百善 孝为先，没了 孝道，其他 都是空谈，小尧那孩子就是 从小生长的环境让他的性格 变得有些偏执，可是咱 们好好引导，他以后会有大出息的，你们看看，他每回考试都是全年段第一，学校那边已经有消息了 ，小尧就在这次保送重点高中的名单里。”
