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!
跟我喜欢还潮的歌一样，知道有点缝合怪的意思，但就是好听好看呀。
我很喜欢这部电影。全程吴侬软语，我一个东北人听得太开心了，感觉整个魂魄都跟着这些俏皮话飞来荡去。倪虹洁，马伊琍，吴越，徐峥…看着他们饭桌上的修罗场，暗藏心思，挑起话头，真棒。
的确是一个情感细腻的电影，都在细微之处，而生活大多时候哪有波澜壮阔，都是细节构成的。。。
其实这片子要是变得更有趣的话，完全可以让主角们一室喝一夜酒聊一宿天，更为放肆地讨论爱情婚姻男女那些事，到底有没有爱情神话呢，也说不准。
伍迪艾伦应该讲过类似的纽约故事，但是本片非常上海小资味。只是在一个西部山区小县城的影院里，全场只有我一个人。中年小市民不讲爱情，但也自有其情感，马伊琍那个高跟牛仔裤配上休闲衬衫打领带，简直不要太帅。
这是我过得最快乐的一个平安夜了
还好当时没浪费钱去电影院看，电影里的儿子确定不用出柜吗？
在给四星还是五星中间徘徊良久，看了下8.2分想想还是打了个五星。作为2021年的影院结尾挺好的。来上海整整六年了，虽然不会说上海话但是从小听到大还是挺亲切的，一些当代词汇还是很贴心地用普通话表达着。无比熟悉的剧院小马路咖啡馆图书馆画廊小天井复古单车临期商店，这确实就是生活在上海的文艺青年日常。但在当下这个时代我也会自我审查说这个片子会不会有一些人觉得被冒犯，觉得自己离这样的生活很远，觉得文艺向的审美就是高高在上秀优越感。回到剧情本身，我很享受这样缓慢流淌的节奏。人到中年，就算离婚了人也有娃，喜欢可以慢慢来，有精神追求的人总还是需要懂的人灵魂共振
中国版伍迪艾伦式电影，文本充满智慧、妙趣横生，很难得能在银幕上看到这么好的中文文本啊！几组爱情关系刻画得很真实，老乌的爱情最传奇～ 最喜欢第一场饭局戏和展厅红屏幕前两个女人讽刺男人对女人自以为是的评价，颇有张爱玲的含蓄和幽默。
结尾处大家为了纪念老乌强忍无聊看《爱情神话》，被白老师的“去准备些点心”打破尴尬，真是白老师的高光时刻，我要是李小姐，我也明天下午约他喝杯咖啡。中年爱情，终于走出刘涛靳东们的精英化了。
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台词厉害，把人完全融到对话里，结尾影院里看电影的人看着电影里的人在看电影
p.s.好几处拍到我熟悉的上海街角，真真是感动了。
徐峥贡献了区别于往常所有的表演，全片最喜欢在送给马伊琍书够的一个运动镜头配合着在上海街头他雀跃的脚步那段，这部电影独特的气质就开始奠定了，但也只能是在上海有这种时髦与烟火气叠加的气质了。要说不足，就是年轻导演用太多音乐了，刚开始还好是惊喜到了后面多少起不到什么剧情推动反而有些稍许做作了，收敛一点或者用纯乐会更时髦。费里尼，午夜巴黎，午夜上海。
22年年度最佳预定。私心推荐大家都去康。
全片笑点密集，在众多爆笑修罗局里藏着偶尔一闪的刀锋。展厅里剧场式的光和站位去讨论了核心问题。性别的倒置更是用讽刺引出思考。总的来说质量中上，虽然老乌最后太工具人，但是瑕不掩瑜，看在国产电影的份上还是满分吧～
陪爹妈看的，希望爹认清自己（划掉）。也不是看得不舒服，但它的底色摆在这里：彻底背离真实的文本，完成的、完全的、完满的虚浮。没有真实的爱情（及其困境）、神话（及其真实）和死。一部彻底的喜剧，于是有足够的观看理由，因为我们想（？）生活在其中。但确实完成度挺高的，以至于我们觉得老乌的最后和他和索菲亚·劳伦故事一样是无所谓真假的——可是，如果是这样，那么白老师为什么要哭呢？
十颗星，哭完了一包纸。后来朋友说，你就是想找个机会，刚好哭一哭吧，倒也没错。第一次哭泣，是短暂的天台聊天，原来承诺竟然是爱情里不可承受之重，压垮了夕阳和紫色短发。第二次，是爱情神话，是她离开后他的罗马也坍塌了。没什么触景生情，我只是为“爱情”这件事本身哭一哭。成年人，就会“为你好”，就会“学聪明了”，就会侧身，往后捎一捎，就会错过。都无可厚非，也不是都需要爱情。生活嘛，简单过第一名。但电影造梦，四十多岁的人，也还是坚持那个朴素真理：上天会厚待那些勇敢的，坚强的，多情的人。片子很灵，选了还潮和八仙饭店的歌，台词很好，中国伍迪艾伦般惊喜了。
7.0分（0.5的鼓励分）。今年个人院线片十佳。之前关注过邵艺辉的公众号，知道她会写，但没想到居然还会拍电影，而且拍出了国产片里，除王家卫之外相当稀缺的，几乎是我仅见的欧洲式中产情趣，更难得的是这种欧范还是以上海为前缀。
段子很漂亮，但只能说接了“上海人”的地气，不免为赋新词强说愁，透着一股何不食肉糜的精致市侩，很难再有深一步的挖掘。费里尼、王小波沦为卖弄文艺的点缀，大师所以不朽者，在于从真正的身心苦难中开出美与善之花。
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