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!
"I'd like a child one day...but not instead of a life. I could hate the kid for it. I may never be able to love it."
属于只有女性才真完全感同身受的影片，她们的过去并非不是我们的未来。一方面女性身体的掌控权属于自己太重要；另一方面男性在性方面的成本低到离谱。
拍得真好。反堕胎真是世上最没人性的belief之一，堕胎就是医学进步和女性意识觉醒双重进步之桂冠。
镜头对准了安妮，从头至尾没有离开，安妮与镜头的距离阻止了观众视线的转移，背后的镜头等同于主观，观众在旁观与真实感受之间切换，想尽办法之后的无助，自己成了烫手山芋，堕之时的疼痛，直观，强烈，难以忍受，长久挥之不去。
流产的两场戏，几乎可以说看得人心惊肉跳，并不是有多血腥，而是整个电影带来的压迫感和无奈感都很强烈，直言无数女性面临的问题和心声，或许会选择成为母亲，但不能以整个人生为代价，被男医生婉拒甚至欺骗，最后还是需要了解她状况的女性友人推荐女医生。
没有什么比最近看完“堕胎三部曲”更应景的事儿了。如果身体都不是自己的，那还有什么是自己的呢？
相较之下，《四月三周两天》强不少，一切都太稳了，甚至有些刻意。
总觉得不如四月三周两天好，也许部分片段会令人不适但也还好。摄影机时刻给女主中景甚至是景别到脸的位置，其实是有一种二重性的-仿佛让观众始终是被保护着与屏住呼吸近距离观察堕胎这一过程。
沈腾马丽“异球恋”好浪漫啊，为了同一个目标而共同努力的互动也非常燃，结局十分震撼。
人类社会的根源失衡，意外怀孕的无助与恐惧，没有选择权，无人帮你，利益和目的性占据上风让失衡持续，只能靠微薄的自保力维持现状。
"只会传染女性的疾病，这种疾病会把人毫无差别地变成家庭主妇" 在2022年看尤其揪心 太痛也太震撼 希望让所有男人都能看一看 凭什么你们可以对女性身体指手画脚
女性的权利，正发生着。无论在什么时代，女性似乎不是生来就是女人的，而是逐渐长成了女人。她们也不是生来就是要生孩子的，法国在那个时代对于女性的权利有这么一个法律，是对女性的压抑。女性的权利要得到捍卫，让我想起了最近在美国发生的，禁止女性堕胎的新闻，引发女权运动令人深思………
能感觉到，导演奥黛丽·迪万试图解决传递身体痛感和避免影像二次剥削间看似不可调和的矛盾，特殊的画幅、浅焦和特写在构造一个压迫性的视觉空间之外，也有意限制了观者的目光，从而保护片中人物的身体不被过度剥削。仅此一点，《正发生》就比《钛》值得尊敬太多。当然，表现身体痛感这种直球难免过于浅白，也很难牵动复杂的社会问题。这是《钛》很糟糕而《正发生》不够好的原因。比起肉体之痛，我们始终更需要用深焦、在广阔无边的现实中去审视女性精神的疼痛、内心的疮痍是如何被造成的。
请还给女孩子们选择自由…由身及心的疼痛和麻木感，真真实实的恐惧…
7.1/10 ago, agis, agit, agimus, agilis, agunt 浅焦与近方形画幅模糊了时间属性，维系未来的脐带被剪断，共感的疼痛属于每一个当下；作奋勇状，用进行时的鼓点，奏响那时态的咏叹
太难受了，太疼了。这样的故事被如何反复书写和呈现都不为过，你看到的可能只有几部相似框架的电影，但曾经有那么多女性没有选择，被迫接受意外怀孕带来的绝望，放弃了自己的人生，被写进故事的是那些顶着丢掉性命、进入监牢的风险活下来的人，只为更多女性觉醒的可能。“时代感不够”分明是导演希望达到的效果，因为我们向前走的根本不够远，影片中的一切仍在发生。
有机会再看带字幕版本的，在arena lido的放映并没有英语字幕，全程只能靠意大利语字幕猜。
太安全了，不及《NRSA》勇敢。从他人面孔中读到的始终是女主的惊恐无助，像一面仅作自拍用途的镜墙。不妨翻转镜头，尝试进入他人的世界，甚至短暂抛弃自己，或能更加理解自身的处境。
#78th威尼斯金狮最佳影片 这是一部很私密的女性题材电影，这种私密是很容易与角色心神交换的。游走的长镜头下，展现的是残酷的漠视无助，冷峻的肌肤之痛。没有直面猛烈疼痛的镜头，但影像的做旧质感与镜头的游离感，时无刻带来这一种紧张与迫切，可谓是身心俱感担忧与疼痛。P.S.据说删掉了5分钟血腥的镜头，若真是删了一段女主拿铁棍试图伤身堕胎的血腥镜头的话，可以增强爆发点的张力与未能如常的落差感以及怜悯感，但是又破坏了电影整体的一种风格默契，只能说有得也有失吧。
*这部的故事背景大概是在上世纪五十年代的法国，而现在的美国也正朝着七十年前的态势发展，明明白白的人类文明倒退
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