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!
新瓶装旧酒 几场戏的处理和「小偷家族」如出一辙 本来以为是想借助韩国的星光团队在国际上获得更高的声量 现在感觉是希望借助韩国团队的本土化处理让这个前作的复刻有一些不同的风貌 为了增加故事的新鲜感 是枝裕和借了公路片的壳表现家族紧密的联系 四五个人挤在一个小小的房车里吵架聊天很容易让观众移情 三线叙事的剧本能看出是枝裕和的努力 但没怎么处理好 也缺少韩影快速叙事的工业魄力 可能这个故事还是适合在日本定心拍两个半小时比较好 天台 窗边 摩天轮 三场戏印象深刻 剧本只给了IU发挥的空间 一个表面冷漠 内心苦闷的太妹妈妈在屏幕里闪闪发光
在弃养/卖婴儿（有血缘关系切断亲情关系）和领养/买婴儿（无血缘关系想建立亲情关系）的互动过程（公路片模式）中，依旧在探索血缘关系与亲情关系的本质。几组人物之间的关系（多数表现为情感替代）描写细腻。
短评里好多说这是一部童话，来自是枝裕和的韩国童话。
几个人贩子展现人性光辉没什么不对，但简直是圣母化了；两个警察钓鱼执法，为抓一个拐卖人口未遂，放任杀人犯全国到处跑，简直没有常识，戏剧化过头了
是枝裕和拍得真好。
换汤不换药又来一波？好尬！我认可宋康昊的演技，可这部戏真的够分量拿影帝吗？从哪开始乱了？我想应该是《燃烧》惜败开始，再到《寄生虫》折桂，现在又是宋康昊凭《掮客》拿影帝！🙄
？ 有效的影像全部指向内部却空中楼阁地关于社会议题？不是剧本电影，更像是说明书电影
列车行驶时的谈话，光和暗影间或笼罩着素英的脸，现实和what if交错，美好终究还是delusion。
每个人的戏剧呈现与弧光是那样的曲滑至臻，
一场是摩天轮的戏，我们可以一起养羽星，这算表白吗，我马上就要被抓了，看着你我可以谅解了抛下我的母亲，非常出彩的一对人物，被救赎到好像可以平静地迎来自己的结局。另一场很小，裴斗娜把手机探出车窗，记得我们一起看的那部电影里的这首歌吗，一瞬间的脆弱情绪让我想落泪。
20220710 五个陌生人的公路旅行，还是有点缓慢，水土不服，大饼脸只能算正常发挥，没什么不一样！
7/10.
真没看出好来，几个演员的表演往好了说是浑然天成，往坏了说是没有啥发挥的空间，感谢你的出生一段略鼻酸，但整体真是太平淡了。可以看出是枝裕和的号召力，里面哪怕一个小人物都是熟脸。这电影你说他残酷吧，还挺暖调的，你说他治愈吧，我偏偏看完没什么感觉。摩天轮挡眼睛真的太文艺了，文艺到略显尴尬，直接亲上去都会更好。
其实素英这个角色很值得挖掘一下，这个电影其实聚焦的是母子关系，母亲和被抛弃的孩子，在“感谢你的诞生”这个桥段里，素英成为了所有人的母亲，这个抽象身份的完成其实很值得玩味，素英一开始是以一个绝对失格的母亲形象出现，到这里在其他人的帮助和要求下彻底完成了母职并进行了升格，很有意思。
宋康昊的表演在他自己的作品里好像算不上出彩，甚至没留下记忆点。
是枝裕和这次用了类型化，传统的戏剧式结构下，用一个整的悬念包裹住这个“家庭”——究竟送子的下一站在哪？“掮客”的题材是冰冷和现实的，成为装载的背景，无论是弃婴到福利院，还是收留弃儿去卖淫，影片的主体笔力放在人物变化以及情感上面，即女主对于孩子的情感变化和这个家庭的关系变化。我一直对于人物的动机无法认同，他们组成这样一个家庭去干这样一件事，在这个过程里抱团取暖，一定是需要外界对他们很冰很冰才可以，也就是他们这个戏剧行动一定是在很冰的外围下做起来才有意义，我没觉得他们有多么惨，我也无法在这场行动中共情他们，是枝裕和对微妙情感的处理还是很到位，我不知道有什么原因，这个电影在多线索去撕扯这个类似于公路片过程中，将一切消解了，我更想看到的是我前面提到的：明明那么冰，明明很陌生，却能一路同行互相温暖。
对比看了「晨曦将至」，是枝裕和的这部作品太寡淡了。警察的故事线真可有可无。从头闷到尾。
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