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!
我们可以去拍这个时代，然后去告诉世人拍的不是这个时代。这个电影人密室追凶探案的故事拍到真相解明其实完全可以交差了，但余皑磊的登场告诉人们导演的诉求远不止这么简单，这就让电影中的情节与电影外的现实交融到了一起，第四堵墙在影片的最后被彻底打破，一个实际上极为严肃的问题被抛到观众面前：对于艺术家、媒体人、知识分子这些靠语言和思想谋生的人来说，扬名立万的方式很多，是选择做踩灭火苗的帮凶还是做勇敢传火的斗士，答案在每个人的心里。
据说剧本原型是“红黄蓝”事件，刘循子墨是真的厉害，他什么都拍了又什么都没点破。所以剧情角度来说，我感觉这个本子是没有“真相”的，因为片尾的出现，表示最后五分钟的反转甚至只可能是一个超现实的“结局”。而所谓真相，在电影上映一刻，便交给观众自己去评说了。
音乐方面：导演歌单夹带私货太多，经常乱入，体感不佳。
里面的几个角色正是社会上的各种人:资本家、艺术家、执政者、女性、中老年，还有作为一个少数族裔在海外的华人。他们的互动是隐喻，揭露了社会上残酷而现实的众生相。
假作真时真亦假，真作假时假亦真。最后没拍肩膀，真是太美了，一切尽在不言中。拜伦有首诗说，“假若他日重逢，我将何以贺你，以沉默，以泪流。
3.5 期待值可能还是高了 线索的设定和推进都好刻意 前半段的时候OS：这可能是今年华语最佳 后半段觉得还是算了吧。ps尹正观感好差啊……
尹正用力过猛且力没打到中心，喻恩泰也见到了不少秀才的影子，邓家佳倒是很稳，开头全员话剧感节奏慢的时候她就相对稳住了，后面越来越好，也好美prprpr
更像事一部风声要素较多的舞台剧，导演也太会选角了，专挑二三线演技派，张弛有度的表演给电影加分不少。
剧情反转也很自然，片中登场的八个人物演技也很好，不得不说，整体演员的演技完全在线，都不是大流量演员，但是演技都很惊艳！
四星（个人非常喜欢万合的这帮人，所以多一星）剧情长评区基本都分析差不多了了，就不多说了。
3.5-4 给足四星。当作鼓励吧。内核有点薄。所以前头一直在耍花活。其实不用搞成悬疑喜剧也行。只要悬疑就成。民国真是一个好年代。明眼人一看就是现代的故事还要搞到遥远的军阀时代。其实本身就是一个讽刺。就和最后他们只能跑到异国他乡才敢把片子拍出来一样。前面为了铺垫，一直在谈话太过于像话剧的舞台。节奏如果再加快一些会更好。我都隐约生出不耐感了。直到陆老板锁了门，感觉整个片子才像电影。最后不得不说，这也算是导演和编剧替电影人扬名立万吧。但感觉太过于爱惜片中几个角色。毕竟可能算是同行。笔下都留了情。不够花头不够坏不够铁石心肠不够蛇蝎，所以最后这几人都出现在越南就一点也不奇怪。。我倒挺想看更坏一些的人最后却站边好人来打的。有点遗憾。还是有点过于正面符号了些。
向军政腐败复仇 借会讲故事的编剧/记者串联关键人物
编剧夹带私货太多了点，似乎想刻意拔高一点，但讽刺和悬疑两个主题融合得不是很好
十个项目九个凉，商业投资很正常，真相几个都行，真心只有一个
值得鼓励，尤其是后半部分有所升华，比《不速来客》要强得多了。
近年来最好的或者说仅有的国产密室推理类型电影，审查不好过且票房不理想，傻子才愿意拍这个。剧本还是有瑕疵，靠whydunit串两个多小时太审美疲劳了，角色塑造加插科打诨又充斥着万合天宜的过气甩包袱方式。从业者好像真的看不上这部，问了很多普通观众倒是喜欢的，希望还在坚持写剧本而非剧本杀的密室类型创作者们再坚持坚持。
可看。剧本中规中矩，有些匠气，但是春秋笔法的部分挺难得。表演都很浮夸，没有谁演技比谁更好，张本煜还行。视听很普通，完全没有调度，按理说这种室内戏更讲究，但成片很电视剧。七分，同为记者，我做不到片中尹正那样，多加一颗星。
属于那种电影院看会给四星，在家看会给三星的片子。其实工业水平也不高，不过故事讲得还算圆。
今年到目前在院线看了两部国产好片子，一部是兰心大剧院，另一部就是这个。
徘徊在3-的水平。气质四不像，情节欠考量，表面上最劝退的原因是男主太丑影响观感，深层令我隐约不适的部分在于主创想必觉得自己写出了一个“女孩帮助女孩”的角色可厉害了呢，实则这个人物很空泛，她所表现的“共情”不过是机械地输出观点，甚至带有些许作秀的尴尬（hello?人物弧光在哪？
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