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!
“嘴上谈的是主义，心里想的是生意”，男女性别、婚姻家庭、事业危机、万尼亚舅舅……上到冷战意识形态之争，下到狗血家庭抓马，中间还有一条鸡零狗碎的荧屏剥削史，情节丰富到令人发指，艾伦·索金杂耍式的编剧整合，终于有一次完美调和了话痨和感情留白。结果连个奥斯卡原创编剧提名都不配吗？奥斯卡，how dare you！
整体比较无聊，看到差点儿睡着，但永远着迷于五六十年代的服装打扮。为妮可演技👏🏻，不知道是否能二度封后。
表演强于故事线的衔接与切换，感觉第一时间无法辨认清楚时间线。
艾伦索金一出手就证明自己是世界上最会讲故事的编剧之一，人物形象塑造十分立体，剧情主线副线穿插节奏把握完美，夹杂过程中的铺垫，结尾处的亮剑同样刺得又快又准。以及妮可这个角色是我近期看过的唯一一个没有原谅丈夫出轨的女性，点个赞。
从乔布斯开始，🔒金的剧本就越来越差，试图在时间上搞点形式，挖点深度出来，还是那几板斧，结果都陷入一种编剧的匠气，普通又自信……
又是一部稀松平常的传记片，看完完全没看出来这是索金，甚至觉得片子里的各种comedy都要比片子本身有意思。妮可的表演有些用力，很多小细节都会让你为这个角色惋惜，但更多的时候你都会在想，这真的是个喜剧女演员吗？
从过于跳脱的情节编排和一众人伶牙俐齿的攻讦里，争斗、偏执、痴狂、坚守，粗看是为了这个剧，实则还是延续那个爱人与家的梦，哪怕只是在这方舞台上；最终危机化解、观众欢欣，戏照原样演了下去；现实中Lucille和她的Desi最终也没能变成the Ricardos，只剩唏嘘。
无聊、乏味、沉闷、絮叨，大段对话对于剧情起伏毫无波澜，台前逗人欢笑的风光和幕后一地鸡毛的落寞对比过于拿腔拿调，表演或可挽尊，可见锅都在索金毫不收敛的自嗨式表达上，对于毫无文化背景的观众来说味同爵蜡。
906｜表现欲爆表的索金这次真是讨人厌，导演水平逐渐下降的同时几乎放弃了正常的推进，于是我们就能看到这样的场景：男女主你一言我一语地搭着，然后恢弘的配乐响起，这时我们才意识到这里似乎很重要。整部电影都是如此，感觉索金拿着个手电筒给观众指点迷津：看！我要表现他们的感情了！看！伪纪录片！看！这个社会议题多么令人深思啊！可惜电影不是指哪打哪的打地鼠游戏，披上年代感的伪装也不能掩盖死气沉沉的事实。妮可·基德曼是压死忍耐的最后一根稻草，看到她那无时无刻装腔作势的僵硬的脸就烦。
【22/005】期望不高，但没有失望的传记片。纯粹是去看妮可基德曼的表演，二封的话凌晨改戏完全影后moment。原型访谈+回忆穿插，与《宿敌》无异的老路子，不同的是以星期作为时间点叙事。戏外的造型还是好看的，戏中戏的妆发实在不敢恭维。
很丰富的电影，以为是讲述我爱露西的传记故事，事实如此，但不只是故事，将lucile的一生浓缩在这一周内发生的事，典型的危机-解决思路，其中闪回着她的成长、爱情、事业的开始，夹杂着麦卡锡主义、早期电视的发展、女性发展的困境等议题，直至今天事业濒临失败，家庭也奄奄一息。很有梗，但还是略显冗长，喜欢最后一刻她的失神，强大了一辈子的lucile的不由自主时刻，暴露出了柔软的自己，然而回过神来，现实还是如此，仍旧要演无脑喜剧，面对无脑丈夫，可悲。ps：妮可的妆真的太不贴脸了，看着很僵硬，与其如此不如换个人演了….
实在是受不了妮可这张毫无生气又精致别扭的“假”脸了，技术的进步虽然让她在容颜上重回稚嫩，但却又时时刻刻不在反衬出这张精致面庞下缺失的灵魂。而艾伦·索金似乎也失去了以往的魔力，让这部电影在他的序列中看起来是如此稀疏平常。
采访，戏里戏外的生活互文，妮可基德曼演得真好。
说难听点，没看完就有一种“这种片子根本没必要拍出来”的感觉，而且try too hard to be funny。感觉片子想讲三件事情，然后闪回来闪回去一件都没讲好，再穿插进那个年代好莱坞保守和性别歧视，就更是没重点了。针妮更是和巴登一点化学反应都没有，而且针妮真的要少打点针了，脸都完全动不了了。
前2/3就算有奥老师的美颜也很难熬，好在最后情节快了起来。人终身都在为自己的过去买单
Nicole Kidman 的脸到底是怎么了？一度以为她为了接近原型而化了特效妆
妮可基德曼演得很好喔 就是电影略无聊 不够有趣
勉强3星，叙事过于碎片化，想表达的内容太满而显得凌乱，片尾能稍好一点。
有三次真心交托出来的瞬间 应该是台词的层层推进到了 演员的反复对切中神态也对了 除此之外煞风景的 不得不加上的口号甚至是那一刻匹配的更外露的动作 要是非说切口小 事件不足外人道 那也确实是的 可这就是“人”的局限 你我皆如此 不必在此类层面呼唤更洞穿断代史的 囊括公约数的
看不进去……难免让人觉得是一部 Nicole 为了冲奖才接的片子，也不太懂 Aaron Sorkin。
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