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墨西哥连续出现多起绑架事件，在城市居民尤其是富人家庭里产生恐慌。仅仅六天之内，已经有许多有钱人开始雇用保镖来保护子女的安全。就在这样一个情况下，克雷塞作为退役的原CIA组成员来到墨西哥城加入了保镖的行列——他被一对工业家夫妇雇用来保护他们九岁的女儿琵达。　　克雷塞曾经一度对生活丧失信心，只是在朋友的介绍下才找到了这份工作，而他自己又不是很感兴趣——尤其是作为一名小女孩儿的保镖，但抱着有事情做总比闲着强的心理他接受了雇用合同。在和小女孩刚开始的接触中，克雷塞有些不喜欢这个傲慢和喋喋不休对他提问的丫头，但没过多久，他坚强的外壳被小姑娘慢慢穿透，自己也完全敞开了心扉。当小姑娘被绑架的时候，他的生活发生了改变，誓言要追杀所有相关的人。没有人可以阻止他……　　这部影片是根据A.J.昆奈尔的同名小说改编的，1987年上映，由斯科特·格伦、乔·派西主演。这部电影是由当时赫赫有名的导演艾利·舒哈基(Elie Chouraqui)执导的。回溯当时的历史，2004年翻拍版的导演托尼·斯科特可以说是和1987版的电影擦身而过。当时，因为吸血鬼题材电影《血魔》(The Hunger)的成功，托尼·斯科特前往好莱坞寻求发展，并且曾经一度被制片人认为是《Man on Fire》导演的最佳人选，但后来因为名气太小，还是换由艾利?舒哈基执导。

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!