职业大贼
富領導材能的查理, 機械爆破專家欄命倫, 電腦汽車專家梁丙. 兇悍無比的狂人標, 四人雖然來自省港不同地方, 甚至素未謀面, 但作案時卻顯得非常專業和純熟. 他們在港精心策劃. 成功地械劫了一輛解款車, 行動之迅速, 手法之俐落, 充份表現出他們是職劫匪, 但美中不足者是狂人標擅自殺死解款員, 令其他同黨被迫殺死其他解款員, 此殺人滅口的所為令劇情峰迴路轉.  劫案牽涉人命傷亡重大, 香港警方大為重視, 委派曾在蘇格蘭場受訓, 專門對付有組織械劫案的年青幹探江幫辦負責偵查此案. 江一看環境證供便即判斷出是職業劫匪所為, 唯一線索是一名拾荒老人聽出其中一名劫匪的外號叫 梁丙. 江知此是大海撈針, 但仍不放棄, 追查 梁丙 下落.  原來查理受中間人所托, 劫的是一間專替外國非法集團洗黑錢的投資公司的債券, 再以低價賣回給此公司從中獲益. 查理收到部份錢後平均分配給同黨, 但查理盜亦有道的性恪當然不滿狂人標的殺人所為, 逐騙他到較偏靜處,將他殺死免除後患, 不料公安巡警路過, 狂人標乘機逃脫,令他們極感不安.  幾經艱辛, 江從通天線人口中得知 梁丙 已潛逃大陸, 唯有與國際刑警合作, 盡快抓獲 梁丙, 將那幫劫匪一網打盡. 但江的自信與工作的投入, 序其女友沒法忍受, 導致二人分手. 江收拾心情, 全情投入工作, 到大陸與中, 港兩地國際刑警交換資料, 跟嫺追查 梁丙.  與此時同時, 查理與中間人接觸商討交易債券時, 無意中認識了大陸時裝設計師莉莉, 二人一見如故, 說話投機, 都有燦爛歸於平淡的共通點, 二人共渡過了一個浪漫的晚上.  爛命倫俏俏與妻團聚, 但因金錢問題發生爭執, 查理不忍二人婚姻破裂, 充當和事佬, 希望其妻多給一次機會倫, 其妻暫時答允. 投資公司何老大......
胆包天
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!
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