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!
人生的意义是享受一块pepperoni披萨，是躺在排风扇上感受被风吹起来的滋味，是和理发师谈人生，是让妈妈理解自己的决定，是走在路上，是仰望星空。那些just regular old living才是人生无穷无尽的sparks啊，平庸的人生也是传奇！ps：感谢皮克斯在操蛋的2020年末提醒我们生活里那些琐碎的细枝末节才是活着的意义，感恩！
看22最后的去向，似乎是降落到了…非洲？？想象一下满怀对披萨、理发店、棒棒糖和落叶的憧憬来到地球，最后出生在部落舞、病毒、野兽、叛军和政变频繁的国度，22投胎成功之后不知道会不会意识到灵魂学院其实是多么灯塔国的一家之言。
不重复别人，不重复自己。多高多多朴实的追求。音乐和造型很赞～
当我们习惯于沉浸在资本市场里而不自知的时候，皮克斯提醒我们活着不要太功利——突然想起前段时间的看到的那句话：每个小男孩童年的梦想，绝对不是买一套房子。可是，现实会答应么。
小时候看过太多遍，现在剧情还能清晰地回忆出来
人人都在过着平淡的生活，这些精英制片，导演没必要特意强调平淡生活的好，这就是我们每天经历的。反而精英们才缺乏这样的体验吧
看到枫叶的种子掉下来的时候猝不及防地看哭了。皮克斯这几年对于生死和生命意义的探讨，太多私货了诚意满满，剧本也非常完整几乎挑不出毛病
无比丰富的背后世界观：柏拉图、普罗提诺、诺斯替主义、摩尼教、赫尔墨斯主义神秘学、通神/生天、西藏度亡书
到底是什么赋予生命以意义值得一活？是生与死之间的一切。
关于梦想，关于人生目标。让我想起贾樟柯曾经说的那句话：如果有人告诉你他的全部生命都是电影，那你快跑吧。
很好看啊。简直像是我编剧的。人不是只能为了宏大的理想或意义而活，能发现一片叶子的美，同样难得。不要被“意义”困住，不要因为找不到意义而不开心，很多人终其一生都触不到那个高高在上的意义，触碰到了或许也会发现不过如此。而如果能在繁琐的生活里发现细微的快乐，自己开心，也让身边人开心，这就是意义。快乐就是最大的意义，因为只有这种意义可以传递。
善恶终有报，天道好轮回。不信抬头看，苍天饶过谁。
梦想固然可贵，然而体验生活里那些微小的琐碎欢愉或许才真正让我们在这艰辛颠沛的世界得到安放。普通人也有自己活下去伟大的意义。
如果把电影里各种玄乎复杂的设定都摘掉，剩下的不就是一个略显俗套且过于juvenile的故事，加大型Insta ”best inspirational quotes that’ll change your life”口播现场吗？！我就有这么一位热衷于在SNS上分享美式鸡汤（hashtag deep hashtag life hashtag motivation hashtag spiritual hashtag quoteoftheday) 的朋友。电影后半段我literally在任何角色身上都能看到他沉思的脸庞徐徐浮现，对着我这种uninspirational的人谆谆传（鸡汤）教。另外，作为musician男主的醒悟也来得太晚了吧，这一般是我们十几二十岁的thought process.
最后22飞向地球，看着好像在飞往某亚洲地区？
剧情拖沓 全场在讲大道理 道理谁都会讲 这里是直接硬塞给你灌输大道理
PS:电影播完，字幕上来，一看配乐是我大Trent Reznor，难怪全程音乐都这么牛逼！
他错过了和母亲相处的机会，错过了丽莎……错过了除了爵士之外的一切。
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坦然接受自己即将平庸的一生，尽情享受每一分钟
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