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!
上承拉辛下启巴尔扎克的时代 唯美浪漫走向批判现实过程中一枚外省文学青年的跌宕史. 恰逢传媒业大发展 文学诚然还可以滋养幻想 然而在日益"现代"的巴黎 只有充当一名词汇贩子去兜售"鸭子"才能养活文字人. 贵族尚有余力豢养 大众蓬勃好奇则宣告资产阶级文艺消费降临 小报构成了比宫廷更趋丰厚的滋养土壤 然而天真青年骨子里却仍持有贵族迷思 野望进一步跃升"头衔"阶层 自然悲剧如期而至. 这本的辞格蛮有意思 19世纪法兰西戏剧风 3.5
评论里一个个都是好journaliste，我只信🍍
太平了，太冗长了，旁白太多了......
如果读过原著，可能就看不下去。主要展现了19世纪巴黎新闻业的虚假以及人不可能实现阶级跨越。最感动的是贵族夫人从始至终对Lucien的欣赏与爱慕。
上百年来，作者反映和揭露的残酷而复杂的现实社会问题却依然存在
爱情，爱情，该死的爱情。
香港法国电影节2021
没看过原著，记录在那个时代一个青年的沉浮，果然没有背景的人在任何时代都有炮灰感。
看完才知道是改编电影，一开始以为是多兰执导才点开，看到快中间已经开始觉得不对劲了。这个电影特别像一张精致的白纸，服化很好，但是过于平淡。如果早点知道多兰只是个演员的话我真的不会看完。
3.8，还是看着巴尔扎克和维瓦尔第的面子上
一部文学著作，改编成戏剧。从而丧失了文学性，这是不是很戏剧的一件事。
有这么扎实的原著打底不可能不好看的。但实在没什么电影感（女演员好可爱，身材也很可爱
至少，影片给了一种很多人一生都无法体验的梦幻巴黎的感觉。
法国那个年代也是乱糟糟的，新旧制度的交替，年轻人的梦想天堂
单单是这种one's life story can be told的感觉就是近几年久违的了，唯二两部似乎就是这部和《法比安》，结尾的水也跟《法比安》不谋而合。巴尔扎克的底子在那里，节奏掌握好就不会差，不过相比之下预告和海报的感觉莫名浅显，可能会流失潜在观众。算是朝着现代狂奔的法国影业少有的优秀古装片。(P.S.虽说多兰做导演是为了演戏，但现在再看他演戏：这就是多兰自己嘛这也太出戏了...
缺乏一种动态的美感，名著改编，突破才是重点。
不要无谓的追求人生中的幻光啊。
“巴尔扎克原著在导演的适当改编下对社会做出的辛辣讽刺放到当下任何一个国家环境中都毫不过时（大量的独白暴露了导演只能被原著牵着鼻子而画地而趋地搬运使得电影变成了一部名著有声书）；忠于原著对人物进行了细腻刻画以及对历史的华丽复刻使得故事工整精巧（不会做减法导致整部电影的繁枝细节沉闷冗长且令人乏味）”——在海上的两个评论家如是说道。
7.古典电影的典型，制作精良，故事跌宕，演员表演精湛，最让人兴奋的是报纸媒体对剧场，文学，出版的控制，那种蛮荒的自由竞争在两百年前就开始得轰轰烈烈，对于王权的一步步削弱和市民社会的兴起，尽管充满了交易和利益，但这是一个开始，这是欧洲特有的传统，是有很强的根基，反观国内，可能在二十世纪初有短暂的时光，但没有延续。文学性再强一点，旁白再少一点可能就更好了。
好看，故事完整，流畅，也不枯燥无聊，大概是那个年代的氛围很足，男主很帅，多兰也帅，阶级问题在那个时代影响很大，男主主要是飘了，如果稳一点见好就收就好了，从无到有再到无，经典。
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