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　　亨利（米基·洛克 Mickey Rourke 饰）是一位名不见经传的小小作家，久久无法成名的苦闷让他将晚上的时光全部都花费在了酒吧中。陪酒女旺达（费·唐纳薇 Faye Dunaway 饰）是亨利的心头好，她的美貌和热情深深的吸引着后者，尽管亨利明知道旺达和酒保艾迪（弗兰克·史泰龙 Frank Stallone 饰）艾迪之间有着非常暧昧的关系，但他还是无法放弃自己对于旺达的感情。　　一次偶然中，亨利邂逅了名为塔利（艾丽丝·克里奇 Alice Krige 饰）的艺术投资人，塔利一眼就相中的了亨利的才华。亨利将塔利当做自己出人头地的踏板，但随着时间的推移，亨利发现自己根本就无法融入塔利所身处的阶层。

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!