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!
从我的角落里走出来
没想到已进入省思阶段的阿莫多瓦，仍不忘奇情情节剧的创作初心。大历史父辈线笼罩氛围，是生命与繁衍真相的强调符号，令不同时代母女关系的理解殊途同归，同克鲁兹兼具难度与完整性的表演一样出色。
这是 狸猫换太子？但是她当下在知晓孩子不对找律师和一大堆人打电话的时候 孩子还没死 在洗澡 为啥不去换呢？甚至也没找过医院？而且没看出来跟历史上的长枪党有什么互文的关系，平行故事。。
我热爱阿莫多瓦的色彩远超过韦斯·安德森，阿莫多瓦对生活的一副热烈的样子，奇情是自然！这么多年，克鲁兹颜值依旧抗打，怎么好像没老过？？
四星半。作为最会讲故事的导演，阿莫多瓦此次放弃了细密的情节变奏，转而以节点式的冲突构建更为宏大的叙事主体。人类的行为习惯不断演变，但却会留存于基因之中，一代又一代的传承下去。与此同时，人类的行为习惯所促生的爱欲亲情、杀戮悔恨，也会篆刻于历史之中，永不磨灭。影片中的两位母亲，甚至周遭之人，均有着各自的生活轨迹，但当近乎平行的日常生活有了命运般的转弯，产生交集，异化破裂，世界的黑与白却变得更为清晰。阿莫多瓦以多元的视角，描摹着女性的社会遭遇，深度探讨了女性主义的正反两面，并通过这些孕育出全人类的女性，拷问着历史真相。正如Eduardo Galeano所言，“无论他们如何焚烧它，无论他们如何粉碎它，无论他们如何伪造它，人类历史都拒绝保持沉默。”佩内洛普·克鲁兹奉献了从影以来最出色的表演。
主线构想很有趣，片中所有的女性展开都有一段自己的故事，交错在一起，变成了美妙的戏剧冲突。追寻历史是一个不错的点，想要和主线里的两名女子及她们的上下两代相连接，却搞成了另外一种历史，没有真的和主线连上的感觉，还是散散的。结尾单看不错，放在全片中略显不妥。
親子鑒定與掘地驗骨，一組姿勢鮮明卻十分生硬的平行。前面一度像《回歸》那樣純粹又自然：不需要大聲疾呼的母系同盟，對話中女人真正成為生活的正常主體。更美妙的是鏡頭的那些對“親密感”的捕捉，對家庭這個概念的自然轉化，使得影片一度處在十分舒適的區域。但，女人們不需要sexually interested來真正愛彼此！而阿莫多瓦顯然也需要更好的方式讓兩個層次更自然interwoven。目前電影的割裂感就像馬里亞納海溝似的......
DNA验证和遗骸科考都可以象征现代人对身份和历史的拨乱反正，但这个故事依然像是阿莫多瓦不小心拿了琼瑶的剧本，并试着对此进行强行升华。
7.4 情节剧的部分已不再尖锐甚至变得寻常，阿莫多瓦将落笔点转向了对西班牙黑暗年代的回望，故事的契机摇身而变为故事的核心，是母辈的口口相传让罪恶的历史得以重建天日，从而与周遭达成和解并终止悲伤的“平行”，迎来女性的时代，在曾被掩埋的骸骨的瞩目之下。
命运奇情与历史厚重有少许割裂。除此之外，依然是阿莫多瓦的味道，少了跳跃惊悚，多了从容匠气。稍微失望是配乐有点满。3.5
两位母亲姐妹突然变拉拉的剧情，真是一不留神就目瞪口呆。阿莫多瓦总能把狗血剧情拍的如德芙般丝滑，但也如工业流水线的巧克力，与以往的阿莫多瓦的马德里狗血剧般，并无新的变化，始终如一的是对“坚强独立的母亲”这一角色的深度耕耘。
影片最后的政治性冲烂了第二幕的戏剧性；色彩依旧是那么鲜艳；即使是抛除政治性，导演把如此中国戏剧性的梗写的有深度；平行母亲代指的就很多了，女主-女配，女配的妈妈也可以算；女配角莫名超级像《圣母》的女配……
开了一个脑洞，如果和佩德罗差不多大但经历更坎坷的老谋子再拍一部严歌苓式的电影：一双在十年动乱中相爱相杀的女人又在“只生一个好”政策的时代鬼事神差地重逢，命运嘲弄又让两人各自从自己的母亲那里挖掘出五六十年代的苦难回忆……尤其是看到片尾“历史不会沉默”时
抱错孩子找对娘…？以为是要讲超越血缘伦理性别的新型家庭关系，最后又落脚到继承历史记忆，到底是要笃定两支棉签告诉你的结果呢，还是不必拘泥于此？想不太通。
婚姻第三者的母性、强暴受害者的母性、事业心强者的母性，三者交错又平行。
应该是有很强的隐喻，母亲与国家。当女摄影师很激动地像年轻的安娜表达不能稀里糊涂地时候，能感觉到导演又不满足于隐喻了，不过不了解她们历史的我还是稀里糊涂了。其实稀里糊涂的人更 幸福，不是么。
非常好看！克鲁兹冻龄美女演技咖。故事极为戏剧化，人物表现非常生活化，不洒狗血，每个人都善良，太令人感动。（“No history is mute. No matter how much they burn/break/lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth.--Eduardo Galeano)
Penélope Cruz太好看了，穿啥都好看，不穿也好看。依旧是高审美，每一个画面里的颜色们形状们的搭配都让人惊叹：衣服的颜色、墙的颜色、车的颜色、土豆和西红柿的颜色……阿莫多瓦的电影就光看美女看设计就觉得不亏了。主旨上大概是想说，人总要面对真相（孩子到底谁的/老一辈是怎么死的），要把事情理清楚，这很艰难这需要过程需要折腾，但总要面对，理清楚了之后才能往前走。不过的确，关于孩子和关于内战记忆的两条线的交错不能说十分自然十分有说服力。在历史问题从未被真正打开面对、而近年来在Vox的崛起的背景下政治极化加深的西班牙，阿莫多瓦作为有鲜明政治立场的电影人借这么一部片来表个态站个队（还顺便点了Rajoy的名字直接骂），我觉得我是能理解的。
视觉风格和叙事水平还是可以的，就是故事也太俗了吧，阿莫多瓦的母性诠释，逝去的悲怆历史与新生命的诞生，将母性的伟大与历史的厚重平行，但几个主题间的联系又不明确，貌似最深层的历史主题反而显的最弱
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
