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迈克（保罗·吉亚玛提 Paul Giamatti 饰）是一名小镇律师，在帮一位老年痴呆症老头里奥（波特·杨 Burt Young 饰）打监护权官司时，阴差阳错自己成了里奥的监护人。光照顾老头还不够，里奥的外孙凯尔（阿历克斯·夏夫尔 Alex Shaffer 饰）又不期而至，他因为和吸毒的母亲不和来投靠外公，迈克一家只好收留他，并安排他到附近高中念书。迈克同时还兼任该所高中摔跤队教练，很快发现凯尔是个很有天赋的摔跤手。局面似乎很“双赢”，里奥和凯尔得到生活上的照顾，迈克的队伍里多了个主力，每个月还有1500元监护收入补贴家用。 但平衡因为凯尔母亲辛迪（梅兰妮·林斯基 Melanie Lynskey 饰）到来而打破，她想夺回里奥的监护权，母亲来了，凯尔也没理由再和迈克一家生活在一起，但只有凯尔明白，他母亲对他和祖父丝毫没有关爱，一切目的只是祖父的钱…...。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!。
