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!
有点感同深受 this relationship
其实对于梅艳芳来说，她的传记片来得还太早了一点，但对于现下的香港来说，一部关于她的电影又是必要的，但看看这部电影的样子，是现在的香港需要的吗？起码得等那些该死掉的都死掉之后再说吧。香港的女儿，去世之后还要继续燃烧自己照耀香港吗？因为是梅艳芳，所以她值得一部更好的传记片。大概是因为太想把她一生的故事都讲得圆满，也因为创作者和观众都离她太近了，那么多人物，那么多波折，那么多介意和限制，反倒都描绘得不尽人意浮光潦草了。也因为是梅艳芳（和张国荣），任谁来扮演也只仅得一分形似，却无三分神似，因为他们是独一无二的芳华绝代的，反复出现的影像资料，才是电影最精彩的部分。
一星给演员，一星给美术妆化。演员很棒！梅姐的扮演者王丹妮，哥哥的演员刘俊谦，都很惊喜，拿捏的神态和气质非常到位。片中有很多真实影像的穿插，电影和真实之前撞击出很多唏嘘和感慨。导演太差了，梅姐的性格和情感一样都没拍出来。
4/20 学校screening和导演Q&A - 确实是Sundance的口味，简单直白却又用能引起我们Gen Z观众共鸣的无数个时刻撑起了全片。年轻的编剧/导演本人还是主演…还是小成本的制作然后还被Apple TV+ 1500万买下全球发行权？真的是非典型成功例子哈哈哈哈
Quite rich on the emotional level
好看 治愈。和ziyi 在Charles Theatre的一场电影。他带了实验室顺来的巧克力和焦糖味的马卡龙，以及蓝莓干。
有啲人你係唔忍心睇住佢老架⋯我還是流了眼淚
拍得很是平庸，Leslie随便找个人乱演一下，又拿最惨痛一幕暴击我们。但梅艳芳已经蛮惨了，又不忍心看她比电影里更惨的人生。八了那个日本男朋友，我去，原来是百度词条“渣男”举例代表，电影也太美化了，梅艳芳死前还去见面也是真的。掌掴事件这种出几条人命的事，啥都不敢写，导致分手戏也毫无道理。无良梅妈也没出过场。这种传记片，还是等所有人都去世了再拍吧
听我一句劝 不如花这两小时看看梅姐的告别演唱会
和她去泰国的ben是混黑的小头头？后来为什么分手？惹出这一切的郭怎么完蛋的？她怎么能突然就不用避风头了？是因为97么？
传记片很难拍，电影切入的角度看出了创作者的善意，没有刻意强化其他角色负面的标签，强行制造太多冲突，可能有人觉得平淡，但我反而觉得看到了很多美好。梅艳芳的仗义、对朋友的豁达、对社会的无私，都源于她的个人成长经历，从小她跟着姐姐在歌厅驻唱，比同龄孩子早熟，也更坚强能吃苦。她从成名后，一直有人在帮助她，支持她，她知道感恩、知道回报，就像她对刘培基说的：“我四岁出来赚钱，长得没有足够美，如果没有你们支持我，我也不会这么成功。” 变幻动荡中的香港正需要这份有香港印记，永不过时的信念与善念，一起度过难关。
或许会成年度最佳。 原来有时候爱一个人真的不需要得到ta。 555555
不得不接受路过这件事 想想也不是最差的结果
如果人与人之间都能这样坦诚理性对待彼此的感情就好了。男主挺厉害的，编剧导演男主身兼三职，暖男的形象倒是表现的还可以。
如果到了“谨以此片”的程度，可能是传记片最好的分寸感。
很温暖。Andrew很善良，Domino和Joseph同样。Domino说，我不想让你再当她的临时保姆了，因为我想让你享受20多岁的生活。Joseph说，谢谢你保护我的家人。Andrew跟妈妈说，我一直觉得你是一位非常好的妈妈，跟弟弟说，能做你的哥哥我真的非常骄傲。Stepfather Greg说，没有人能打你妈妈。很平缓的记叙，但温暖感人。
故事剪裁、情节节奏和剪辑方式都有不小问题，前半程类似重要人物刷脸的短视频合集，人物塑造基本都是浮着的；最后半小时虽然好哭，但把梅姐最后一年留下的影像资料配上《女人花》《夕阳之歌》让我来剪也能有差不多效果。王丹妮的表演固然努力，但只有“斗士”一面的梅艳芳是足够传神的，其他时候执着于外表的“像”反而只会衬出加起来只有两三分钟的纪实影像里梅姐本人多有charisma。
一个脱离了时代背景、脱离了城市气质、脱离了意识形态、脱离了低级趣味的很会唱歌的人。这样的人最适合出现的场合大概是《中国好声音》。
毕竟有的人就跟夕阳一样，无限光辉无比灿烂，但错过了就是永远。
酸涩温暖，好喜欢呜呜呜，男主太可爱了，达妹一如既往地很诱人。成长路上没有弯路，都是必经之路，都是很好很好的路。
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