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马小东（张博 饰）打拼几年事业无起色，急于结婚的他拿二手钻戒向女友范欣（杨凯淳 饰）求婚，范欣提出唯一的结婚硬件——房子。小东东拼西凑凑够三十万首付，不料房子涨价，待他把钱留给范欣想再回老家凑钱时，范欣移情别恋，拿自己的钱买了房子，矢口否认拿过小东的钱。小东找范欣讨债，反被范欣诬陷为贼，并逼他签下青春损失赔偿费，三十万彻底打了水漂。人财两空的小东无颜见自己的父母，只好暂居在老同学梁诚实（郑恺 饰）家。梁美丽（关悦 饰）开着淘宝店，小东是梁家全天候的长工，什么活都要干。常言道：人穷志短，马瘦毛长。一次送快递，他见到当初跟自己抢首付买房的晓曦（贾青 饰），知道她的未婚夫李泉（罗熙 饰）成了范欣的现任丈夫......。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!。
